[syn: admirer, adorer]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Admirer \Ad*mir"er\, n.
One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
admirer
n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the
library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
2: a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or
approves
3: someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers"
[syn: admirer, adorer]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "admirer":
Maecenas, abettor, adherent, adorer, advocate, aficionado, amateur,
amorist, angel, apologist, backer, beau, booster, buff, champion,
collector, darling, defender, dependence, devotee, dilettante,
encourager, endorser, enthusiast, exponent, fan, fancier, favorer,
follower, friend at court, groupie, idolater, idolizer, infatuate,
lover, mainstay, maintainer, paramour, paranymph, partisan, patron,
promoter, protagonist, pursuer, reliance, rooter, second, seconder,
sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, suitor, support,
supporter, sustainer, sweetheart, sympathizer, upholder, votary,
well-wisher, wooer, worshiper