ROOTER Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

rooter

noun

Definition of rooter

as in booster

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Recent Examples of rooter Shallowly rooter trees will be snapped or uprooted, blocking roads. — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 Volunteers also served classic treats like rooter floats, doughnuts, and candy. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026 Mazzotta said two of his former players now in the NFL — Kyle Peko (Chargers) and Greg Gaines (Tampa Bay) — helped pay for La Habra’s rooter buses to Oaks Christian and San Jacinto in the playoffs. — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025

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Noun

The flight will carry 36 Amazon Leo satellites aboard an Ariane 64, the rocket’s four-booster configuration.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
The booster, meanwhile, reoriented for its descent back to Earth.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of booster

Noun

Overton, however, claimed that both informants were lying — and that the semen found on the comforter was planted on the scene by a spurned ex-lover with connections to the police department.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of lover

Noun

For years, Bigfoot devotees cited a 1967 film clip, shot by Roger Patterson with friend Bob Gimlin, showing the creature in the wilds of Northern California as proof positive of its existence.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
And yet, the dearth of Friday the 13th media in the 21st century has made devotees a bit more open-minded by necessity.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of devotee

Noun

David extended a hand toward me (imaginary attacks by slow, handshake-wielding maniacs are a martial arts class staple).

— Johanna Stein, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Unbeknownst to the visitors, there’s an unhappy fifth party already in the house… and more than one homicidal maniac even within that small populace.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 July 2026

Definition of maniac

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
These sucker shoots can quickly form a thicket of stems that are unsightly, inherently weak, and prone to storm damage if allowed to mature.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sucker

Noun

Although the hockey mask never appears, Kane lovingly re-creates exact scenes from the original movie to offer flashes of eye candy to Jason fanatics.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
The blueprint included the recruitment of mercenaries and exploiting the grievances of disaffected citizens, from religious fanatics and extremists to soccer fans.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of fanatic

Noun

In the mid-1990s, Bob Bartel, a Chicago native and sometime private detective and full-time Beatles nut, heard Louise speak at a fan convention about George’s vacation in Benton.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Instead, look for more whole foods like fruits, vegetables, and nuts.

— Laura Bradley, HEALTH, 17 Oct. 2026

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