rooter

Meaning

1. One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
2. A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
3. A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
4. A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
5. One who roots or rummages through something.
6. A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
7. One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
8. A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.

Synonyms

fan

supporter

sports fan

backer

believer

camp follower

endorser

enthusiast

exponent

extirpator

follower

groupie

grubber

indorser

partizan

plato

proponent

protagonist

seconder

stumper

subscriber

truster

vindicator

stump puller

ratifier

rootdozer

Atlantic bumper

carangue grasse

goggle-eye

rooter plow

road rooter

adherent

rooting machine

admirer

advocate

Etymology

From root + -er.