as in devotee
someone who wants another person to be happy, successful, etc.
Dozens of well-wishers gathered to say goodbye to him.
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Recent Examples of well-wisher
The well-wishers included Daniel Pinto, an executive junior only to the C.E.O., Jamie Dimon.
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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Drinking it all in, Mohammed was surrounded by well-wishers, including his co-participants on the program, who flitted up to say congratulations.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Every machine of every sort should be destroyed by the well-wisher of his species.
—Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
The six-year-old royal joined his older sister, Princess Charlotte, and brother Prince George to collect presents from well-wishers at Sandringham on Christmas Day.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-wisher
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On Monday night, Tory Burch drew her crowd of devotees up to MoMA for her fall 2025 runway show.—
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Bad Bunny, a trap star, manages to bring in salsa devotees in the first 45 seconds of his album without alienating his core reggaetón fan base — which will find something to connect to in the next 45 seconds.—
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To all of you football fans making the post-Super Bowl pivot to college hoops, welcome.—
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Speaking about his love for One Direction online opened doors for incredible opportunities like getting the chance to interview them about their film This is Us in 2013 and being a part of 1D Day, the seven-hour-long live broadcast that connected fans with the band.—
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Frustration: Taylor Swift and her famous friends displayed every emotion.—
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The pair arrived together with other friends to the event in New Orleans.—
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But business allies and supporters of tech companies criticized the announcement.—
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The arrest was triggered by tips to Austrian intelligence that a supporter of IS had posted stories and videos with Islamic extremist content on several TikTok profiles.—
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“Well-wisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-wisher. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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