Synonyms for backed

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1. Supported

   upheld, supported, encouraged, approved, aided, assisted, advanced, promoted, sustained, fostered, countenanced, favored, championed, advocated, supplied, maintained, established, helped, bolstered, propped, stayed, incited, furthered, seconded, prompted, served, endorsed, sponsored, subsidized, financed, underwritten, pushed*, boosted*, bankrolled*.

   Antonyms discouraged, opposed*, obstructed.

2. Supplied with a back or backing

   stiffened, built up, strengthened; see reinforced.