rooter
Stands-dwelling enthusiast
A rooter is someone who roots—cheers enthusiastically for a team, candidate, or cause: The stadium was packed with rooters.
In American usage, rooters support their side vocally and visibly.
The word also names a tool or machine that roots things out, particularly in plumbing, where a rooter clears tree roots from pipes.
One who backs another
- fanAdmirer or air mover
- backerFinancial supporter
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- cheerleaderTeam spirit performer
enthusiast · devotee · follower · partisan · faithful · believer · advocate · champion
supporter
One who backs another
cheerleader · enthusiast · devotee · follower · partisan · faithful · believer · advocate · champion · ally
auger
Spiral hole-maker
sewer · blockage · clog · drain · pipeline · mechanical · motorized
hog
Swine, or monopolize
snout · grunter · forager · porcine · piglet · trotters · sty · wallow · oink · squeal
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
- fansfan, sports fan, superfan, superfans, die-hard fan
- Drain Clearingdrain snake, plunger, clog, drain cleaner, snaking
- Hackershacker, black hat, cracker, script kiddie, hacktivist
- enthusiastsenthusiasts, fans, devotee, enthusiast, buff
- fandomfandom, fandoms, fan club, fan base, fanbase
rooterdetractor
One who diminishes
critic · antagonist · hater · adversary · opponent
rooterbystander
One who observes nearby
neutral observer · fence-sitter · non-fan · doubter · skeptic
- root beerSassafras-flavored soft drink
- rooting forActively hoping someone succeeds
- root canalInfected pulp removal
- root forActively support a competitor
- square rootNumber times itself equals original
- deep rootsLong-standing connection to place
root, roots, rooted, uproot, rooting, rootless, uprooting, uprooted, uproots