/buˈstɚ/ - [buster] - boost•er
We found 13 definitions of booster from 3 different sources.
NounPlural: boosters |
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booster - the first stage of a multistage rocket | ||
booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket | ||
rocket engine, rocket a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | ||
multistage rocket, step rocket a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted | ||
booster - a thief who steals goods that are in a store | ||
shoplifter, lifter | ||
stealer, thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | ||
booster - an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal | ||
booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter | ||
amplifier electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it | ||
booster - an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective | ||
booster dose, booster shot, recall dose | ||
booster - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" | ||
supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, friend | ||
advocator, proponent, advocate, exponent a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | ||
anglophil, anglophile an admirer of England and things English | ||
truster, believer a person who has religious faith | ||
boswell a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds | ||
cheerleader someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event | ||
confederate someone who assists in a plot | ||
corporatist a supporter of corporatism | ||
enthusiast, partizan, partisan an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | ||
francophil, francophile an admirer of France and everything French | ||
free trader an advocate of unrestricted international trade | ||
functionalist an adherent of functionalism | ||
jacobite a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts | ||
loyalist, stalwart a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | ||
new dealer a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal | ||
graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist an admirer of Greece and everything Greek | ||
mainstay, pillar the forestay that braces the mainmast | ||
roundhead a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War | ||
seconder someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote | ||
shavian an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works | ||
ratifier, endorser, indorser, subscriber a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security | ||
well-wisher, sympathiser, sympathizer someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful | ||
toaster, wassailer a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread | ||
maintainer, sustainer, upholder someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" | ||
verifier, voucher a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure | ||
booster - someone who is an active supporter and advocate | ||
promoter, plugger | ||
adman, advertiser, advertizer someone whose business is advertising |