rooters

noun

plural of rooter
as in fans

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  1. fans
  2. boosters
  3. devotees
  4. lovers
  5. fanatics
  6. enthusiasts
  7. suckers
  8. fanciers
Noun
  • For the Bills fans, the store opening is bringing a slice of home and Upstate New York.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Benjamin Satterley, known to wrestling fans around the world as Pac, died last month of bronchial asthma, the medical examiner’s office in Cook County, Illinois, confirmed Friday.
    — Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of fans
Noun
  • The task force wondered why a sports facility at a state university wouldn’t be funded by state appropriations and university boosters’ clubs.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Manufacturers must produce hardware faster, ground crews must prepare missions in parallel, and reusable boosters must return to service efficiently.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of boosters
Noun
  • Also not surprisingly, Ohtani did little to reward his devotees.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The show was both a touchstone and a lightning rod for its depiction of a group of millennial young women in New York, with its vocal haters often louder than its many devotees.
    — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of devotees
Noun
  • This one’s for the chocolate lovers who appreciate a little mythology lesson, too.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Star-crossed lovers sing right past each other on the duet from Bryan’s new Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs EP.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • While Musk fanatics expressed their excitement on social media, the Roadster isn't likely to have any material financial impact on the company.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • NBCUniversal‘s Peacock is rolling out up a new way to try to get Bravo fanatics even more engaged in the network’s galaxy of reality programming drama and dish-worthy moments.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of fanatics
Noun
  • The boat show brings together sailing enthusiasts, prospective buyers and industry professionals to celebrate life on the water and explore the latest in sailing, the news release said.
    — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a 2026 poll by Garage Gym Experiment, an online community for home fitness enthusiasts, found that 44% of respondents expected to spend at least $1,000 on their home gyms this year.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of enthusiasts
Noun
  • The theory seems to be that there will always be another crop of suckers willing to pump money into the ecosystem, so the market will provide.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • More suckers may continue to appear for several years unless the stump is ground up or treated with tree stump killer.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of suckers
Noun
  • Local breeders, known as fanciers, would release their birds far from home and measure the time and distance covered to return.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Famous people were frequently asked to be judges, to lend cachet to the events—novelists Émile Zola and Pierre Loti were two of them (both writers were cat-fanciers, so were well qualified to be judges).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of fanciers
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“Rooters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rooters. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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