proposers
Those offering ideas
Proposers are people who put forward plans, ideas, or suggestions for consideration.
In formal contexts, a proposer nominates someone for membership or office: The club requires a proposer and a seconder for new members.
In business and government, proposers submit bids, legislation, or motions: The proposers of the amendment argued it would reduce costs.
Top competitor, or advocate
- supporterOne who backs another
- proponentOne who advocates something
- backerFinancial supporter
- sponsorFunder of activities
endorser · promoter · defender · ally · spokesperson · lobbyist · patron · booster
Imaginative planner of futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- inventorCreator of original devices
- creatorOne who produces something
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
originator · architect · designer · developer · strategist · planner · entrepreneur · groundbreaker
One proposed for position
- aspirantOne seeking advancement
- contenderOne competing seriously
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
- applicantOne who formally requests
entrant · finalist · prospect · bidder · campaigner · suitor · seeker · pursuer
One who seeks affection
- fiancéMan pledged to marry
- betrothedEngaged to marry
- admirerOne who esteems another
- wooerOne who courts another
beau · partner · romantic · kneeling · engagement · ring · beloved
Civil case initiator
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- appellantOne who appeals
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- complainantOne who lodges grievance
supplicant · intervenor · applicant · filer · requester · solicitor · pleader · grievant
champion
Top competitor, or advocate
sponsor · endorser · promoter · defender · ally · spokesperson · lobbyist · patron · booster · upholder
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- inventorCreator of original devices
- creatorOne who produces something
trailblazer · originator · architect · designer · developer · strategist · planner · entrepreneur · groundbreaker · mastermind
nominee
One proposed for position
applicant · entrant · finalist · prospect · bidder · campaigner · suitor · seeker · pursuer · competitor
suitor
One who seeks affection
wooer · beau · partner · romantic · kneeling · engagement · ring · beloved
plaintiff
Civil case initiator
complainant · supplicant · intervenor · applicant · filer · requester · solicitor · pleader · grievant
proposersopposers
People who resist something
objectors · rejecters · blockers · seconders · dissenters
proposersrecipients
Those who receive
acceptors · decliners · rejecters · evaluators · judges
- propose a toastVerbally honor with raised glasses
- propose marriageSeek someone's hand
- proposed lawDraft statute seeking passage