ABETTOR Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

abettor

noun

variants also abetter

Definition of abettor

as in accomplice

one associated with another in wrongdoing the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor

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as in supporter

someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support without all the neighborhood kids as abettors, I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop

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Recent Examples of abettor The members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are all aiders and abetters of the sitting president. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026 Lewis, 50, was initially charged with murder as an aider and abettor, but pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to six years in state prison. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Murdaugh’s lawyers also demanded any evidence prosecutors have of possible accomplices or a grand jury investigation into them.

— Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Kids made good accomplices, tasked with sneaking off on a hunt for the bill.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of accomplice

Noun

Even some supporters of capital punishment, including a number of Republican lawmakers, seemed repelled by the prospect.

— Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
The bottom line of Milton Friedman and other supporters of neoliberalism was that there has to be effective competition, there has to be open entry.

— John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of supporter

Noun

Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Trump administration officials and allies are starting to debate who will shoulder the blame if Republicans perform poorly in November.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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