Supporting synonyms and antonyms
səpôrtiŋ
Category:
Part of speech:
To keep oneself in a particular state.
To emit or transmit:
Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
helping (related)
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That serves as an aid; auxiliary
Designating or of any of the noncombat ships, as tankers or tenders, that form the service fleet of a navy
Serving to support or corroborate:
Serving to corroborate
Giving courage, confidence, or hope:
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Financial or other help.
To write on the back of (a document)
In a reciprocal manner.
To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to; to treat condescendingly.
To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
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To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant):
To bear, or put up with (someone or something not especially liked)
To put up with patiently or resolutely; bear:
To endure something with tolerance or patience:
To tolerate; bear; endure
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To hold up under (pain, fatigue, etc.); stand; bear; undergo
To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.
To show to be true or real by giving evidence; prove; confirm
To confirm; corroborate
To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify:
To give support or sanction to; approve or tolerate
To make feel less sad or disappointed; comfort
To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
To shout cheers
(Usually of a cause) to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for
To act as a bearer, conductor, etc.
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To buttress is to provide support for a building, or to provide support and justification for an argument or idea.
To mark or provide with a buoy
To brace is to build extra support for something, to use support to stay balanced yourself, or to prepare someone to receive bad news.
(Slang) To steal or rob, especially by shoplifting or pickpocketing.
To find a basis for; establish:
To give help; aid
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To provide a basis for; establish or found:
To act as an advocate:
To provide justification for.
(Law) To add a verification to (a pleading)
Subsidize is to pay part of the costs of producing or doing something.
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To act as a sponsor for.
To provide sides or siding for:
A penalty imposed for violating accepted social norms. A sanction may be civil or criminal in nature. Criminal sanctions are either fine, imprisonment, or both. Authorization and/or approval by someone in a position of authority; for example, the act of imposing a penalty.
To reward an experimental subject, for example with a reinforcer subsequent to a desired response or performance.
To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm:
To support or shore up something.
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To post is defined as to hang something up in a public location, such as a flyer or sign.
To provide sustenance for; nourish:
To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.
To provide for; support:
To uplift; elate:
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To bring up; nurture:
To join in an embrace.
To cause to arise, appear, come, etc.; esp., to bring back as from death; reanimate
To establish (a claim) in this way
To serve as a nurse for:
To maintain control over, as to prevent indiscretion:
Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
Recommend is defined as to suggest someone or something as a good match for a function or position.
To keep up; carry on; maintain
To cheer up; encourage
To help the progress of; promote.
To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
To cause to be able to grow or thrive:
To push or thrust along or through, with or as with the shoulder
To put together in a lump or lumps
To withstand is to be able to successfully cope with something or to be able to resist or remain unaffected by something.
To accept (something owed, offered, or given) either reluctantly or willingly:
To take in; absorb; engulf; envelop
(Informal) To take on the responsibility or obligation for:
To take (what is offered or given); receive, esp. willingly
neglecting (antonym)
To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight:
releasing (antonym)
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
rejecting (antonym)
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
refusing (antonym)
To stop short at (a fence, etc.), without jumping it
disapproving (antonym)
To refuse to approve; reject
contradicting (antonym)
The definition of contradict is to say or write the opposite of something.
stopping (antonym)
(Music) To press down (a string on a stringed instrument) on the fingerboard to produce a desired pitch.
blocking (antonym)
To stop the passage of (a motion or bill) in a legislative assembly.
weakening (antonym)
To make or become weak or weaker
undermining (antonym)
Undermine is defined as to dig beneath, weaken or injure.
repudiating (antonym)
To refuse to have any dealings with.
opposing (antonym)
To be or act in contention or conflict with:
failing (antonym)
To miss, neglect, or omit: used with an infinitive
ignoring (antonym)
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
abandoning (antonym)
To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
deterring (antonym)
To keep or discourage (a person, group, or nation) from doing something by instilling fear, anxiety, doubt, etc.
discouraging (antonym)
To prevent or try to prevent by disapproving or raising objections or obstacles
continuing (related)
(Intransitive) to resume
supporting (related)
To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid.
appendice (related)
self-evaluation (related)
To give in marriage
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