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cosponsor

noun, verb

cosponsor is a noun meaning “A joint sponsor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-S-P-O-N-S-O-R and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cosponsor is cosponsors.

What does cosponsor mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A joint sponsor.

verb

  1. 1

    To sponsor jointly with another.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce cosponsor?

    Cosponsor has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of cosponsor

    • cosponsors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
    • co-sponsor
    • cosponsoring participle, present
    • cosponsored participle, past

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is cosponsor?

    Cosponsor appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form in the list.

    Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

    Words people confuse with cosponsor

    Also written: co-sponsor (one word or two).

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    Where does cosponsor come from?

    From co- + sponsor.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).