PATRONESSES Antonyms

• an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy

• the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945

• in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers

• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

• a lawyer who pleads cases in court

• push for something

• speak, plead, or argue in favor of

• someone who provides financial support for some venture

• a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

• someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

• a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book

• person who makes a gift of property

• (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

• someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

• a regular customer

• the proprietor of an inn

• someone who supports or champions something

• someone who supports or champions something

• an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

• assume sponsorship of

• assume responsibility for or leadership of

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

• someone who supports or champions something

• a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)

• a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise