promoter

Concert tour arranger

A promoter is someone who organizes, publicizes, or advocates for something.

A concert promoter arranges venues and sells tickets.

A boxing promoter stages fights.

More broadly, anyone who actively supports or advances a cause is its promoter: a promoter of democratic reform.

In biology, a promoter is a DNA sequence that initiates gene transcription.

genetics

gene

Hereditary information unit

regulatory · upstream · TATA box · expression · activation · sequence · binding site · inducible · constitutive · repressor

advocate

champion

Top competitor, or advocate

campaigner · endorser · spokesperson · defender · patron · ally · booster · cheerleader · evangelist · lobbyist

event

concert

Live musical performance

MMA · fight · tour · showcase · gala · expo · production · matchmaker · impresario · booking

sponsor

patron

Regular supporter or customer

financier · angel investor · guarantor · funder · donor · philanthropist · supporter · endorser · brand ambassador · partnership

business

entrepreneur

One who starts businesses

speculator · investor · financier · venture · startup · scheme · enterprise · land developer · real estate · boomtown

chemistry

catalyst

Agent enabling change

adhesion · curing · polymerization · additive · bonding · initiator · crosslinking

Categories
Opposites
support vs. opposition

promoteropponent

One who contends against

detractor · critic · adversary · antagonist · enemy

event role (organizer vs. performer)

promoterperformer

One who entertains audiences

artist · entertainer · act · talent · headliner

biochemical function

promotersilencer

Sound-dampening gun attachment

repressor · terminator · inhibitor · suppressor · insulator

Phrases
Family

promote, promotion

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G