Proponent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹəpˈoʊnənt/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹəpˈəʊnənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹəpˈəʊnənt/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹəpˈoʊnənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

advocator exponent advocate

Word Forms

advocate	verb	speak, plead, or argue in favor of
propound	verb	put forward, as of an idea

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Befürworter

eine Person, die sich für eine Sache einsetzt oder eine Idee vorbringt

🇫🇷French

partisan

une personne qui plaide pour une cause ou propose une idée

🇪🇸Spanish

proponente

Persona que defiende una causa o propone una idea.

🇮🇹Italian

proponente

una persona che difende una causa o propone un'idea

🇳🇱Dutch

voorstander

iemand die voor een zaak pleit of een idee naar voren brengt

🇵🇹Portuguese

proponente

uma pessoa que defende uma causa ou propõe uma ideia

🇷🇺Russian

сторонник

человек, который отстаивает какое-то дело или высказывает идею

India

🇮🇳Hindi

समर्थक

वह व्यक्ति जो किसी उद्देश्य की पैरवी करता है या किसी विचार का प्रतिपादन करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রবক্তা

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি একটি কারণের জন্য আবেদন করেন বা একটি ধারণা প্রস্তাব করেন

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆதரவாளர்

ஒரு காரணத்திற்காக வாதிடும் அல்லது ஒரு யோசனையை முன்வைக்கும் நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రతిపాదకుడు

ఒక కారణం కోసం వాదించే లేదా ఒక ఆలోచనను ప్రతిపాదించే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रस्तावक

एखादी व्यक्ती जी एखाद्या कारणासाठी विनंती करते किंवा कल्पना मांडते

🇮🇳Gujarati

સમર્થક

એક વ્યક્તિ જે કોઈ કારણ માટે વિનંતી કરે છે અથવા કોઈ વિચારનો પ્રસ્તાવ મૂકે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕ

ಒಂದು ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಅಥವಾ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വക്താവ്

ഒരു കാരണത്തിനായി വാദിക്കുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു ആശയം അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਮਰਥਕ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਲਈ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

حامی

وہ شخص جو کسی وجہ کی التجا کرتا ہے یا خیال پیش کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

支持者

为某项事业辩护或提出想法的人

🇯🇵Japanese

提案者

大義を訴えたり、アイデアを提案したりする人

🇰🇷Korean

제안자

명분을 주장하거나 의견을 제시하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người đề xướng

một người biện hộ cho một nguyên nhân hoặc đề xuất một ý tưởng

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้แสดง

คนที่ร้องขอสาเหตุหรือเสนอความคิด

🇮🇩Indonesian

pendukung

seseorang yang membela suatu tujuan atau mengemukakan ide

🇵🇭Filipino

tagapagtaguyod

isang taong nagsusumamo para sa isang dahilan o naghahayag ng ideya

🇲🇾Malay

penyokong

orang yang merayu untuk sesuatu sebab atau mengemukakan idea

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مؤيد

الشخص الذي يدافع عن قضية أو يقترح فكرة

🇮🇷Persian

طرفدار

شخصی که برای دلیلی ادعا می کند یا ایده ای را مطرح می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

savunucu

bir davayı savunan veya bir fikir öne süren kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

תוֹמֵך

אדם שמתחנן למטרה או מעלה רעיון

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