Antonyms for maintainer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : meyn-teyn

Phonetic Transcription : meɪnˈteɪn

enemy
foe

Definition of maintainer

Origin : mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.

As in mainstay : noun chief support
As in support/supporter : noun person who helps another

Example sentences :

The maintainer is like the Arab; he never refuses to entertain a guest.
Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt

Yes, he said, that is quite what the maintainer of justice say.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

But the Maintainer was gone and the Void hadn't closed in, yet.
Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Any person proved to be a maintainer or embracer shall forfeit 400s.
Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly

I regarded my preserver with a higher feeling than a fond son may bear towards the mere author and maintainer of his existence.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

The party which performed this service came into power as the maintainer of voluntary union.
Extract from : « Thomas Jefferson » by Edward S. Ellis et. al.

Tercio—and here's the real meat of it—the Place folds without the Maintainer.
Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

We'd got dry, were feeling human, Illy here had shed his swimsuit, when we looked at the Maintainer.
Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

If we could have, we'd have even Introverted the Maintainer, broken all the ties that bind us, chanced it incommunicado.
Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Not me, though—I was still grateful to the Maintainer for getting me out of that spot, whatever other it had got us all into.
Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Synonyms for maintainer

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