Prop synonyms and antonyms

prŏp

Category:

Part of speech:

aid
(UK) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
3
1
strengthener
One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.
2
1
post (related)
A message posted in an electronic forum. [from 20th c.]
2
1
bolster
To buoy up or hearten:
2
1
brace
To prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger:
2
1
buttress
To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
2
1
lean
To bend or deviate from an upright position; stand at a slant; incline
2
1
Advertisement
leg
(Informal) To walk or run
1
0
shore
(Dial., Archaic) shear
1
0
shore-up
support by placing against something solid or rigid
1
0
staff
To supply (a business) with employees
1
0
trestle (related)
1
0
assistance
The act of assisting or the help given; aid
2
2
stand
To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
0
0
Advertisement
stay
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
0
0
strengthen
To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
0
0
support
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
0
0
sustain
Sustain is defined as to support something or to endure a trial or hardship.
0
0
truss
To secure or bind with ropes.
0
0
drop (antonym)
(Sports) To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
0
0
fall (antonym)
(--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
0
0
Advertisement
underpinning
A supporting structure or foundation, esp. one placed beneath a wall
0
0
buoy
To lift up or keep up in spirits; encourage
0
0
uphold
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
0
0
help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
0
0
airplane propeller
a propeller that rotates to push against air
0
0
airscrew
Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
0
0
property
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
0
0
Advertisement
prop-up
To support with, or as if with, a prop.
0
0
costume (related)
0
0
jig (related)
0
0
tight-head (related)
0
0
stage set (related)
0
0
stilt
To place or raise on stilts.
0
1
crutch
A support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking, having a vertical shaft that is sometimes forked, a horizontal grip for the hand, and a crosspiece that is positioned under the armpit or a cuff that wraps around the forearm.
0
1
Advertisement
Find another word for prop. In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for prop, like: aid, strengthener, post, bolster, brace, buttress, lean, leg, shore, shore-up and staff.
Trending topics
More Articles

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.

  • The bedspread was pulled back enough to prop up the pillow by the phone, but the bed had not been uncovered for sleeping.

More sentences

Words that mention prop in the Dictionary

Words near prop in the Thesaurus