Definition for Upholder:

• One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.

Synonyms for Upholder:

• n.

  •advocate (noun)
  • speaker,
  • backer,
  • lawyer,
  • apostle,
  • attorney,
  • spokesperson,
  • defender,
  • counsel.
  •believer (noun)
  • prophet,
  • dogmatist,
  • religionist,
  • acceptor,
  • canonists,
  • religious person,
  • canonist,
  • devotee,
  • adherent,
  • orthodox,
  • dogmatists,
  • religionists,
  • disciple,
  • proselyte,
  • doctrinaires,
  • Acceptors,
  • zealot,
  • freak,
  • doctrinaire,
  • convert.
  •champion (noun)
  • challenger,
  • paladin,
  • sympathizer,
  • victor,
  • winner,
  • hero,
  • champ,
  • ally,
  • heroine,
  • number one,
  • guardian,
  • patron,
  • conqueror.
  •exponent (noun)
  • propagandist,
  • second,
  • demonstrator,
  • interpreter,
  • booster.
  •partisan (noun)
  • stalwart,
  • sycophant,
  • cohort,
  • satellite,
  • accessory.
  •pillar (noun)
  • Worthies,
  • rock,
  • Guider,
  • leader,
  • light,
  • guiders,
  • worthy,
  • tower of strength.
  •proponent (noun)
  • subscriber,
  • friend,
  • enthusiast.
  •support/supporter (noun)
  • fan,
  • helper,
  • comforter,
  • sponsor,
  • benefactor,
  • angel,
  • confederate.
  •supporter (noun)
  • suspender,
  • bearer,
  • abettor.
  •sustainer (noun)
  • sustainer.
  •upholder (noun)
  • maintainer.

• Other synonyms:

  •adherent
  • follower.
  •champion
  • protector.

Antonyms for Upholder:

• n.

  • advocate
    opposition, enemy, opponent, assailant, protestor, antagonist.
  • believer
    disbeliever, non-believer, agnostic, atheist, adversary.
  • champion
    loser.
  • proponent
    detractor, foe.

Upholder Sentence Examples:

• Perhaps on a Tuesday St. John Eddle, a staunch upholder of the C. and P. P., would enter Jabez's store and hit him in the face because he'd sent a tin of sardines to the Furdlehoe Mansion on the other side of the River.

• The great legal upholder of Federalism in New York was Chancellor Kent.