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Type Words
Synonyms backing, financial backing, financial support, funding
Type of resource


the foundation provided support for the experiment.
Type Words
Synonyms defend, fend for
Type of argue, reason
Has types stick up, apologise, take someone's side, uphold, rationalize, rationalise, excuse, take sides with, apologize, stand up
Derivation supportive, supporter


She supported the motion to strike.
Type Words
Synonyms abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, tolerate
Type of countenance, permit, let, allow
Has types pay, sit out, take lying down, take a joke, swallow, hold still for, bear up, live with, stand for, accept
Verb group suffer
Type Words
Synonyms reenforcement, reinforcement
Type of operation, military operation
Has types close support


they called for artillery support.
Type Words
Synonyms hold, hold up, sustain
Has types brace, block, bracket, buoy, buoy up, carry, chock, pole, prop, prop up, scaffold, shore, shore up, truss, underpin
Derivation supporter, supporting


He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam.
Type Words
Synonyms subscribe
Type of concord, agree, concur, hold
Type Words
Synonyms bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, sustenance
Type of resource
Has types subsistence, meal ticket, conveniences, creature comforts, comforts, amenities, maintenance


he applied to the state for support.
Type Words
Synonyms accompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment
Type of voice, part
Has types vamp, discant, descant
Type Words
Synonyms supporting
Type of activity
Has types propping up, dangling, hanging, shoring, suspension, shoring up


he leaned against the wall for support.
Type Words
Synonyms keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize
Type of nurture, foster
Verb group run on, keep going
Derivation supporter
Type Words
Synonyms documentation
Type of proof, validation, substantiation


the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones.
Type Words
Synonyms affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, sustain
Has types demonstrate, prove, vouch, shew, validate, verify, back, back up, show, establish, document


The evidence supports the defendant.
Type Words
Synonyms back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for
Type of approve, sanction, o.k., okay
Has types guarantee, champion, defend, warrant
Verb group second, endorse, back, indorse
Derivation supportive, supporter
Type Words
Synonyms bear out, corroborate, underpin
Type of match, correspond, jibe, tally, check, agree, gibe, fit
Type Words
Synonyms back up
Has types root, shop at, frequent, assist, back, buy at, sponsor, encourage, indorse, help, boost, endorse, further, shop, undergird, promote, advance, second, aid, patronize, patronise
Derivation supportive, supporter


She supported him during the illness.
Type Words
Type of assist, assistance, help, aid
Has types sponsorship, approving, protagonism, endorsement, attachment, adherence, adhesion, advocacy, indorsement, blessing, reassurance, approval


the president no longer has the support of his own party.
they developed a scheme of mutual support.
Type Words
Type of device
Has types tee, andiron, arch support, back, backboard, backrest, baluster, bar, base, bearing, bearing wall, bedpost, bookend, brace, bracket, bridge, dog, dog-iron, firedog, foot, football tee, foothold, footing, headstock, leg, pedestal, perch, pier, pillow block, yoke, wheel spoke, rack, radius, wall bracket, rest, rib, rocker, seat, shelf, undercarriage, spoke, stair, stand, step, stirrup, stirrup iron, stock, structural member, tailstock, gunstock, handrest, hanger, harness, harp


there was no place to attach supports for a shelf.
Type Words
Type of play, act, represent


Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act.
Type Words
Type of influence
Has types keystone, mainstay, anchor, lifeline, backbone, lynchpin, linchpin


the policy found little public support.
his faith was all the support he needed.
the team enjoyed the support of their fans.
Type Words
Type of supporting structure
Has types plinth, architrave, abutment, groundwork, basement, foundation, footstall, foot, buttressing, substructure, base, pedestal, understructure, prop, buttress, fundament


the statue stood on a marble support.
Type Words
Type of give
Has types subsidize, bring home the bacon, fund, patronise, patronize, provide, see through, sponsor, subsidise


he does not support his natural children.
The scholarship supported me when I was in college.
Type Words
Type of activity
Has types logistic support, sustentation, sustainment, sustenance, upkeep, logistic assistance, maintenance


his support kept the family together.
they gave him emotional support during difficult times.

Examples of support

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Strong bipartisan support of the legislation removing the 1099 rule is expected.
From the dailyherald.com
How do I better support him and strengthen our marriage during this trying time?
From the abcnews.go.com
He also is provided an office and support staff at A-B's St. Louis headquarters.
From the stltoday.com
They dealt with revising the tax the IRS codes which I would absolutely support.
From the forbes.com
I haven't really offered statistics or any economic models to support my claims.
From the washingtontimes.com
My support group was so powerful and, by the way, had a phenomenal success rate.
From the sacbee.com
Now after seeing their support it helped me realize that we did earn this thing.
From the news-journalonline.com
A free-will offering will be taken to support the ministries of Coronado Church.
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All along, my wife, family, friends and church were constant sources of support.
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More examples
  • Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
  • The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"
  • Aiding the cause or policy or interests of; "the president no longer has the support of his own party"; "they developed a scheme of mutual support"
  • Support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
  • Back: be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support"
  • Sympathy is a social affinity in which one person stands with another person, closely understanding his or her feelings. Also known as empathic concern, it is the feeling of compassion or concern for another, the wish to see them better off or happier. ...
  • In mathematics, the support of a function is the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set. This concept is used very widely in mathematical analysis. ...
  • In mathematics, the support (sometimes topological support or spectrum) of a measure u03BC on a measurable topological space (X,u00A0Borel(X)) is a precise notion of where in the space X the measure "lives". It is defined to be the largest (closed) subset of X for which every open neighbourhood of every point of the set has positive measure.