Definition for Buttress:

• To prop or support, as by a buttress.

Synonyms for Buttress:

• n.

  •
  • get behind,
  • sympathize,
  • ally,
  • speak up for,
  • endorse,
  • promote,
  • agree with,
  • align.
  •
  • frame.
  •artifact (noun)
  • buttress,
  • buttressing.
  •brace (noun)
  • under pinning,
  • under-pinning.
  •brace, support (noun)
  • reinforcement,
  • Underpinning,
  • abutment.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • protection,
  • redoubt,
  • redoubts,
  • parapet,
  • stronghold,
  • Vallation,
  • outworks,
  • guard,
  • outwork.
  •column (noun)
  • up rights,
  • up-right,
  • up-rights,
  • stelai,
  • up right.
  •defense (noun)
  • bastille,
  • weaponry,
  • weaponries,
  • munitions,
  • resistance,
  • bastilles.
  •parapet (noun)
  • protective wall.
  •pier (noun)
  • quay,
  • Pierage,
  • Moles,
  • pilings,
  • jetty.
  •stay (noun)
  • under propping,
  • underproppings,
  • under-propping,
  • shorings.
  •support (noun)
  • backing,
  • crutch.

• v.

  •bolster (verb)
  • shores up.
  •brace (verb)
  • pre pared,
  • pre pares,
  • pre pare,
  • pre paring,
  • re-adies,
  • pre-pared,
  • pre-pare,
  • pre-paring,
  • pre-pares,
  • re adies.
  •confirm (verb)
  • makes firm,
  • making firm.
  •cushion (verb)
  • de adens,
  • de-adens,
  • de-aden,
  • de aden.
  •fortify (verb)
  • charges up,
  • charging up,
  • punched up,
  • punching up,
  • punches up,
  • soups up,
  • souping up.
  •gird (verb)
  • cincturing,
  • sur rounding,
  • sur-rounding,
  • makes ready,
  • sur rounded,
  • sur-rounded.
  •harden (verb)
  • Vitrifying,
  • densified,
  • densifying,
  • vitrifies,
  • calcifies,
  • densifies.
  •hold (verb)
  • under pins,
  • under-pinned,
  • under-pins,
  • under-pin,
  • under pinned.
  •prop (verb)
  • Underpropped,
  • under propped,
  • underprops,
  • re sting,
  • re-sting,
  • under-propped.
  •reinforce (verb)
  • multi plying,
  • lending hand,
  • lending a hand,
  • multi-plying,
  • hyping,
  • lent a hand,
  • under lines,
  • under-line,
  • adds fuel fire,
  • lend hand,
  • under lining,
  • under line,
  • lent hand,
  • in creasing,
  • in-creased,
  • multi-plied,
  • stands up for,
  • under lined,
  • under-lines,
  • in crease,
  • lends a hand,
  • in creases,
  • in-crease,
  • adds fuel to fire,
  • in-creases,
  • props up,
  • heating up,
  • under-lined,
  • lends hand,
  • standing up for.
  •shore (verb)
  • up borne,
  • up bore,
  • upbore,
  • up-bears,
  • upbearing,
  • upbears,
  • up bearing,
  • up-bear,
  • upborne,
  • up-bearing,
  • up-borne,
  • up bear,
  • up-bore,
  • up bears.
  •stabilize (verb)
  • counter poising,
  • counter-poises,
  • counter balance,
  • counter poise,
  • counter balances,
  • firms up,
  • pre-serves,
  • counter poised,
  • stabilitated,
  • pre serving,
  • counter balanced,
  • stabilitates,
  • pre serves,
  • pre-served,
  • counter poises,
  • counter-poise,
  • firming up,
  • pre serve,
  • pre-serving,
  • stabilitating,
  • counter balancing,
  • counter-poising,
  • pre served,
  • counter-poised,
  • counter-balancing,
  • counter-balanced.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • empower,
  • invigorate,
  • vivify,
  • energize,
  • enliven,
  • temper.
  •supplement (verb)
  • jazzes up,
  • jazzing up.
  •support (verb)
  • hinge,
  • underpin,
  • back.
  •support, bolster (verb)
  • build up,
  • carry,
  • jack up,
  • step up,
  • back up.
  •sustain (verb)
  • de-fending,
  • trans ported,
  • de-fend,
  • de fend,
  • pro-longing,
  • be friending,
  • de-fended,
  • pro longs,
  • sticking up for,
  • sticked up for,
  • pro-long,
  • keeping going,
  • pro longing,
  • de fends,
  • pro long,
  • kept alive,
  • keeps going,
  • be-friended,
  • stuck up for,
  • sticked for,
  • sticks for,
  • stands by,
  • de-fends,
  • pro-longs,
  • sticking for,
  • pro tract,
  • pro tracts,
  • pro-tracts,
  • be friend,
  • be-friends,
  • provides for,
  • be-friending,
  • keeps alive,
  • de fending,
  • providing for,
  • be-friend,
  • stuck for,
  • sticks up for,
  • pro-longed,
  • keeping alive,
  • be friended,
  • pro-tract,
  • de fended.
  •thicken (verb)
  • grew thick,
  • grows thick,
  • growing thick,
  • clabbers.
  •uphold (verb)
  • up rearing,
  • holds up ones end,
  • up-holds,
  • up lifted,
  • pro-moting,
  • sticked by,
  • holds ones end,
  • holding ones end,
  • sticks by,
  • up holding,
  • up-reared,
  • up-holding,
  • up raising,
  • held end,
  • sticking by,
  • hold end,
  • pro moting,
  • holding up end,
  • holding one end,
  • held one end,
  • held ones end,
  • up hold,
  • held up one's end,
  • siding with,
  • holding up one end,
  • up-raises,
  • holding end,
  • up-rears,
  • up-raising,
  • hold up end,
  • stuck by,
  • up-raise,
  • up-hold,
  • up rear,
  • holds one's end,
  • up-lifts,
  • up-held,
  • sides with,
  • up lift,
  • holds end,
  • sided with,
  • up-rear,
  • up-raised,
  • up-rearing,
  • up lifts,
  • up holds,
  • hold one's end,
  • up held,
  • up rears,
  • hold up ones end,
  • up-lift,
  • up raised,
  • up-lifting,
  • held up one end,
  • up raise,
  • held up end,
  • holds up one's end,
  • hold up one end,
  • hold ones end,
  • holding one's end,
  • holds one end,
  • pro-motes,
  • held one's end,
  • holds up end,
  • holding up ones end,
  • up-lifted,
  • holding up one's end,
  • held to,
  • pro-mote,
  • up lifting,
  • hold one end,
  • holds to,
  • held up ones end,
  • holds up one end.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • flying buttress,
  • joist,
  • pivotal,
  • scaffold,
  • rafter,
  • trestle,
  • stanchion.
  •
  • stilt,
  • substructure,
  • gantry,
  • fulcrum,
  • i-beam,
  • rail,
  • vaulting,
  • corroborate,
  • hulk,
  • upright,
  • foundation,
  • truss,
  • framework,
  • strut,
  • keystone,
  • rib.
  •
  • pillar,
  • substantiate,
  • bracket.
  •
  • column,
  • pivot,
  • cradle,
  • capital.
  •
  • module,
  • surround.
  •
  • beam.
  •
  • rest,
  • stud.
  •
  • post.
  •
  • pile.
  •
  • mount.
  •
  • track.
  •harden
  • indurate,
  • fossilize,
  • fossilized,
  • calloused,
  • Calcified,
  • toughen,
  • densify,
  • callouses,
  • Caked,
  • callousing,
  • vitrified,
  • harden,
  • Fossilizing,
  • firmed,
  • Starched,
  • vitrify,
  • curdling,
  • curdled,
  • Calcifying,
  • fossilizes,
  • calcify,
  • Starching,
  • firming,
  • Caking.
  •stabilize
  • Ballasting,
  • Counterpoising,
  • firmed up,
  • Ballasted,
  • Stabilitate,
  • counter-balance,
  • counter-balances,
  • counterpoised,
  • firm up.
  •strengthen
  • tone up,
  • Sinewing,
  • toned up,
  • toned,
  • Sinewed,
  • Toning.
  •support
  • undergird,
  • supporting,
  • Bottoming,
  • undergirding,
  • undergirds,
  • keep from falling,
  • Crutched,
  • hold,
  • crutching,
  • be a foundation for,
  • bottomed,
  • undergirded.

Paraphrases for Buttress:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    underpin.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    strengthen, strengthened, consolidate, support, supported, supporting, substantiate, sustain, enhance, enhanced, solidify, entrench, endorse, fortify, build, uphold, reinvigorate, intensify, justify, cement, underwrite.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    bolster, reinforce, reinforcing, boost, Re-enforce.

Antonyms for Buttress:

• v.

  • support, bolster
    let down, weaken.

Buttress Sentence Examples:

• The present tower scarcely reaches above the broken lines and flat surfaces of the roof tiles and, particularly at a distance, has the effect of a huge buttress.

• Giving way to despair, he threw himself on the buttress of a tree, from which condition he was roused by the appearance of first one and then another, until the little company was again complete.

Hypernym for Buttress:

• n.

  • artifact
    arc-boutant, flying buttress.

Hyponym for Buttress:

• n.

  • artifact
    support.

• v.

  • change
    fortify, reenforce, reinforce, strengthen, beef up.