Usually means: Advocate or supporter of something proposed.
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  1. proponent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. proponent: Merriam-Webster
  3. proponent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. proponent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. proponent: Collins English Dictionary
  6. proponent: Vocabulary.com
  7. Proponent, proponent: Wordnik
  8. proponent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. proponent: Wiktionary
  10. proponent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. proponent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. proponent: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. proponent: Dictionary.com
  14. proponent (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. proponent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Proponent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Proponent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. proponent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. proponent: Rhymezone
  20. Proponent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. proponent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. proponent: FreeDictionary.org
  23. proponent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. proponent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. proponent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. proponent: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. proponent: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Proponent (environmental policy), proponent: Legal dictionary

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  1. Proponent (environmental policy), proponent: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  One who supports something; an advocate.
▸ noun:  One who makes a proposal or proposition.
▸ noun:  (law) One who propounds a will for probate.
▸ adjective:  Making proposals; proposing.

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exponent, advocate, supporter, assertor, advocater, contributor, patron, forespeaker, upspeaker, abettor, more...

Opposite:
opponent, adversary, antagonist

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scientist, engineer, physicist, mathematician, physician, computer scientist, more...

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opposite of proponent, proponent of positive thinking, more...

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strong, early, chief, major, main, ardent, foremost, active, outspoken, enthusiastic, principal

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Similar:
exponent, advocate, supporter, assertor, advocater, contributor, patron, forespeaker, upspeaker, abettor, more...

Opposite:
opponent, adversary, antagonist

Types:
scientist, engineer, physicist, mathematician, physician, computer scientist, more...

Phrases:
opposite of proponent, proponent of positive thinking, more...

Adjectives:
strong, early, chief, major, main, ardent, foremost, active, outspoken, enthusiastic, principal

Colors:
    blue,     green,     teal,     turquoise,     emerald, more...



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