Support synonyms
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Part of speech:
A cause of relief or satisfaction.
The definition of assistance is the act of helping or lending support.
The definition of help is aid that you request, or is someone who provides assistance.
(Archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion), to attend a theatrical performance.
A brief period of residence or visiting.
Shore is the land closest to a body of water.
abutment
A structure that supports the end of a bridge.
concrete block
A reinforcement
Cheer means to comfort, encourage or bring joy.
provider
One that makes something, such as a service, available:
To cling to in one's mind; cherish
stand back of
To uphold
continue (related)
To carry on; persist in:
A condition for relating or proceeding:
Endorse is defined as to give your approval to someone or something or to authorize the payment of a document by signing with one's signature.
A covering or coating for an inside surface:
Any of the curved crosspieces extending from the keel to the top of the hull in a ship, forming its framework
Any of a number of long posts or piles used to hold a building, etc. above the ground or out of the water
To bolster is to uplift.
A message posted in an electronic forum. [from 20th c.]
A supporting structure or foundation, esp. one placed beneath a wall
A staff, scepter, etc., carried as a symbol of office, rank, or power
Such a column standing alone as a monument
A department or the personnel responsible for keeping a building, etc. in good repair
An allowance that a court orders paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse after a legal separation or divorce or while legal action on this is pending
responsibility for
Financial aid
A person who supports or gives help, as to a protégé or undertaking; patron; sponsor
A second helping of something to eat
To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.
(Idiomatic) To continue with (work, etc).
bolster up
To hold up from beneath
To hold up from beneath
(Idiomatic) To endure hardship cheerfully.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
To hold up from beneath
To give support or substance to:
undergird
To gird, strengthen, or brace from the bottom side
keep from falling
To hold up from beneath
(Agric.) To bear as a crop; produce
To endure something with tolerance or patience:
be a foundation for
To hold up from beneath
To decide in favor of; agree with and support against opposition; sustain
To keep or keep up; continue in or with; carry on
To cause to move backward or in a reverse direction:
The definition of abet means to support or help with an action, usually an illegal one.
To provide assistance, support, or relief:
To reserve or keep back from use:
(Obs.) To strengthen
To cause (an institution, for example) to come into existence or begin operating; found; set up.
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence
(Idiomatic) To propose for consideration.
To help establish or organize (a new enterprise), as by securing financial backing:
To go forward; move ahead
(Usually of a cause) to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for
One who actively assists, defends, pleads, prosecutes, speaks, writes, or otherwise supports the cause of another. A lawyer. To speak, write, or otherwise support a cause by argument.
To give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve:
throw-in-with
(Idiomatic) To commit to something with; to partner with.
(Idiomatic) to follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or something
stand behind
(Idiomatic) To support; express one's support
cast in on
To uphold
lot with
To uphold
To make a formal verification in support of (a pleading).
go to bat for
To uphold
The definition of confirm is to approve or to establish the truth or make stronger.
To give aid to; promote
To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence.
To give strength, courage, or hope to.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
To give advice or counsel:
take-care-of
To deal with, handle.
stand in with
To uphold
pull for
To uphold
To uphold
take the part of
To uphold
give a lift to
To uphold
A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes.
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.
(Idiomatic) To watch and pay attention to.
To provide for
To act as a sponsor for.
To underwrite something
put up the money for
To provide for
set up in business
To provide for
To provide or raise the funds or capital for:
To be punished or held accountable for.
Subsidize is to pay part of the costs of producing or doing something.
Guard is defined as to keep safe, protect or cover.
To nurse is to care for someone or something, or to feed a baby milk from the breast, or when a baby drinks milk from the breast.
pay the expenses of
To provide for
To supply such funds to.
bank-roll
To provide for
(Idiomatic, informal) To have a remunerative job; to have a career which satisfies one's financial needs to the extent that it can support oneself and one's family.
earn-one-s-keep
(Idiomatic) To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.
let fall (antonym)
To hold up from beneath
break down (antonym)
(Ergative, figuratively) to divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of
hinder (antonym)
To obstruct or delay the progress of:
discourage (antonym)
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
abandon (antonym)
To give up (something) completely or forever
ignore (antonym)
(Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
fail (antonym)
(Educ.) To get a grade of failure; not pass
defend (related)
(Law) To represent (a defendant) in a civil or criminal action.
adminicular
Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.
alimentative
Relating to aliment
Ancillary is defined as subordinate or helping.
(Grammar) Of, relating to, or being an auxiliary verb.
Serving to corroborate
Serving to corroborate or strengthen
That supports.
The definition of supportive is someone or something who provides emotional help and encouragement.
sustentacular
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
sustentative
(Biology) Relating to those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass.
Only indirectly related.
adminicle
An auxiliary.
The definition of advocacy is the act of speaking on the behalf of or in support of another person, place, or thing.
Feeding, being fed; the provision of food and other necessities.
The fundamental principle or underlying concept of a system or theory; a basis.
caryatid
A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure.
The clients of a professional person or practice considered as a group.
That which corroborates.
A betrothal or betrothal ceremony
The definition of a finding is a discovery or the act of discovering, or a small item, such as a button or jewelry, used in making clothing.
The definition of a fulcrum is a pivot point around which a lever turns, or something that plays a central role in or is in the center of a situation or activity.
Means of living or of supporting life; subsistence
(Uncountable) The state or practice of being a sponsor.
staddle
(Now Chiefly Dial.) A lower part or support; specif., the base or framework of a stack, as of hay
A framework consisting of two or more vertical bars, used to secure cattle in a stall or at a feed trough.
Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life.
Money granted, as by a government, in support of a study, institution, etc.; subsidy
Something that sustains something else; essential support:
The act, or the result of sustaining; sustainment.
sustention
To serve as the end person for (a tug-of-war team)
To furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to.
To cherish is defined as to treat with love or remember fondly.
To move using a crutch or crutches.
To include; contain
To bear pain, etc. without flinching; hold out
To espouse means to get married.
To act as a patron to
(Intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
To revoke by taking back; rescind:
To keep alive; maintain:
Nurture is defined as to feed, train or help develop someone or something.
Patronize means to be a regular customer of a business.
proselytize
To try to convert (a person), especially to one's religion
To swing at a pitch so as to give (a base runner) a better chance of advancing.
To act as a patron to
Provide is defined as to supply or make available.
provide for
To act as a patron to
To strengthen by adding extra support or material.
To act as a patron to
To sanction is for a recognized authority to give approval to something.
A wall or housing of an absorbing material, such as concrete or lead, built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.
To align oneself in a disagreement:
To tolerate is defined as to allow something, even if it is not your practice or something that you like.
(Intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
trivet
To act as a patron to
To defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example).
desertion (antonym)
(Law) Willful abandonment of a spouse or child owed a duty of support.
nonsupport (antonym)
A breadwinner’s failure to provide support to a child, spouse, or other dependent.
opposition (antonym)
The position of two celestial bodies when their celestial longitude differs by 180°, especially a configuration in which Earth lies on a straight line between the Sun and a superior planet or the Moon. Planets in this position rise as the Sun sets and are visible all night long, reaching their highest point in the sky at midnight; the Moon in this position is full.
repudiation (antonym)
The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
desert (antonym)
A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life.
oppose (antonym)
help, approval
repudiate (antonym)
help, approval
undermine (antonym)
help, approval
weaken (antonym)
help, approval
disapproval (antonym)
The act of disapproving, an expression of condemnation.
discouragement (antonym)
A discouraging
frustration (antonym)
Something that frustrates
block (antonym)
(Medicine) Interruption or obstruction of a physiological function:
stop (antonym)
A place at which someone or something stops:
contradict (antonym)
To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
disapprove (antonym)
To condemn; consider wrong or inappropriate.
refuse (antonym)
To decline to accept, agree to, or do something
reject (antonym)
(Sports) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
let down (antonym)
(Intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
release (antonym)
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
neglect (antonym)
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
To aid the cause of by approving or favoring
To aid the cause of by approving or favoring
To choose to take the same point of view as (someone).
(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.
(Informal) To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration:
To go on enduring; put up with; bear; tolerate
To tolerate; bear; endure
To bear up under; endure
To put up with; tolerate; bear humbly
To oppose, resist, or endure, esp. in a successful way
To put together in a single group without discrimination.
The way cloth held in the hand feels
Aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
(Education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
Something, such as a course of action, that is recommended.
The means of living; livelihood
The definition of bread-and-butter means the work that earns you a solid income.
Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
align oneself with
take it lying down
over (related)
Beyond or until a specified time:
support (related)
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
money (related)
Any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
The collation, synopsizing, and coding of printed material for future reference.
The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
Alternative form of reinforcement.
Anything that accompanies something else; thing added, usually for order or symmetry
a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
A backup copy of data, a file, etc.
financial resources provided to make some project possible
Money set aside to pay for or finance something
financial resources provided to make some project possible
To confirm, ratify, or otherwise approve a lower court’s decision on appeal.
Digest is defined as breaking down into parts that are easier to use or understand, or to condense information to make it easier to understand.
To feel or express hearty approval:
argue or speak in defense of
(Intransitive) to continue functioning
be behind; approve of
To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.
Reliance (on another) for support or aid
(Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
A cause of such a mental state
A deduction.
get back of
To uphold
plead for
To defend
To place on or furnish with a pedestal
Synonym Study
- Back (often back up ) suggests support, as financial aid or moral encouragement, given to prevent failure I'll back you up in your demands
- Advocate implies support in speech or writing and sometimes connotes persuasion or argument to advocate a change in policy
- Maintain suggests a supporting so as to keep intact or unimpaired to maintain the law, a family, etc.
- Sustain implies full active support so as to strengthen or keep from failing sustained by his hope for the future
- Uphold suggests that what is being supported is under attack to uphold civil rights for all
- Support , the broadest of these terms, suggests a favoring of someone or something, either by giving active aid or merely by approving or sanctioning to support a candidate for office
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