sponsor
A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
Noun 2 meanings
A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
“He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.”
A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
“And now a word from our sponsor.”
Verb 1 meaning
To be a sponsor for.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
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SPONSOR at a glance
SPONSOR has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + O 1 + N 1 + S 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,636 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sponsor
All rhymes- PROFESSOR14
- ADVISOR11
- SUCCESSOR13
- SUPERVISOR15
- SENSOR6
- PROCESSOR13
- PREDECESSOR16
- PRECURSOR13
- COMPRESSOR16
- CENSOR8
- CURSOR8
- TENSOR6
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