support person
Someone providing assistance
A support person is someone who provides assistance, advocacy, or emotional backing in a formal setting.
The term appears most often in healthcare, legal, and workplace contexts, where policies may allow bringing a support person to appointments, hearings, or difficult conversations: She asked if she could bring a support person to the disciplinary meeting.
The role emphasizes presence and reassurance rather than professional expertise.
- helperOne who aids another
- right-hand manIndispensable assistant
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- allySupportive partner
companion · shoulder to cry on · guide · mentor · shoulder · listener · sounding board · confidant · anchor · backup · assistant · aide · champion · encourager · lifeline · crisis line · rock · wingman
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- Victim Rightsvictim impact statement, victim advocates, protection orders, notification, protection
support personadversary
Enemy in conflict
opponent · antagonist · enemy · obstructor · saboteur
support personcritic
One who judges merit
detractor · naysayer · disparager · belittler · demoralizer
support personprosecutor
Government's trial lawyer
accuser · complainant · plaintiff · hostile witness · informant
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