Prop Synonyms and Antonyms

prŏp
A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. support
  2. brace
  3. buttress
  4. crutch
  5. shore
  6. stay
  7. underpinning
To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bolster
  2. support
  3. shore-up
  4. sustain
  5. shore
  6. buoy
  7. brace
  8. buttress
  9. lean
  10. prop-up
  11. leg
  12. staff
  13. stand
  14. stay
  15. stilt
  16. uphold
  17. strengthen
  18. truss
Antonyms:
  1. drop
  2. fall
A propeller that rotates to push against air
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aid
  2. assistance
  3. property
  4. airplane propeller
  5. strengthener
  6. airscrew

Words Related to Prop

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. post
  2. help
  3. costume
  4. jig
  5. tight-head
  6. stage set

Prop Sentence Examples

  • How many prop skeletons could there be in the small town of Ouray?

  • He recognized that the fault of the government lay in the fact that it did not govern, and he deplored that his own function, in a decadent age, was but " to prop up mouldering institutions."

  • No. Not unless you want to talk to yourself while I prop up a zombie who won't hear a word you're saying.

  • Prayer was his main prop. By it men became controllers of the earthly world and reached God.

  • Christianity is founded on Judaism; its main prop is the argument from the fulfilment of prophecy.

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