rooters
Stadium crowd members
Rooters are enthusiastic supporters or fans, especially of a sports team.
The word comes from root in the sense of cheering someone on: The home team's rooters filled the stadium.
In Australian slang, rooter has a vulgar meaning—one who roots, that is, has sex—making the American sense of loyal fan sound crude to Australian ears.
People who back something
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- crowdLarge public gathering
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- followersPeople who support someone
admirers · devotees · aficionados · enthusiasts · diehards · loyalists · partisans · fanatics
Those who support causes
- backersFinancial supporters
- championsContest winners, top performers
- defendersThose who shield others
- promotersThose who advance causes
sponsors · patrons · endorsers · allies · benefactors · boosters · well-wishers · cheerleaders
supporters
People who back something
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- crowdLarge public gathering
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
followers · admirers · devotees · aficionados · enthusiasts · diehards · loyalists · partisans · fanatics · buffs
advocates
Those who support causes
promoters · sponsors · patrons · endorsers · allies · benefactors · boosters · well-wishers · cheerleaders · encouragers
rally
Gathering for a cause
encouragement · yell · shout · ovation · acclaim · whistle · hoot · standing ovation · pom-poms · megaphone
- admirersfans, devotees, followers, enthusiasts, admirers
rootersbooers
Those who jeer
hecklers · haters · detractors · jeerers · critics
- rooted to the floorUnable to move from spot
- rooted forSupported with enthusiasm
- rooted outDiscovered and eliminated thoroughly
- rooted aroundSearched by digging haphazardly
- rooted to the spotImmobilized by shock
- rooted to the groundUnable to move from shock