Synonyms for Covering for:

• v.

  •defend (verb)
  • argue,
  • endorse,
  • come to defense of,
  • befriend,
  • advocate,
  • explain,
  • espouse,
  • second,
  • plead,
  • maintain,
  • aid,
  • exculpate,
  • warrant,
  • back,
  • vindicate,
  • speak up for,
  • guarantee,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • rationalize,
  • stand up for,
  • assert,
  • champion,
  • go to bat for,
  • bear one out,
  • put in a good word,
  • recommend,
  • uphold,
  • prove a case,
  • cover for,
  • stonewall,
  • support,
  • exonerate,
  • apologize for,
  • stand by,
  • back up,
  • stick up for,
  • thump for,
  • say in defense,
  • sustain,
  • justify.
  •go to bat for (verb)
  • stand behind,
  • defend,
  • go to the wall for.
  •pinch-hit (verb)
  • fill in,
  • supply,
  • stand in.
  •substitute (verb)
  • spell,
  • fill in for,
  • be in place of,
  • go as,
  • commute,
  • do the work of,
  • double for,
  • swap,
  • supersede,
  • take another's place,
  • stand in for,
  • alternate,
  • fill one's position,
  • supplant,
  • relieve,
  • answer for,
  • switch,
  • swap places with,
  • act for,
  • sub,
  • change,
  • stand for,
  • take over,
  • replace,
  • deputize,
  • proxy,
  • serve in one's stead,
  • displace.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • abide,
  • absorb,
  • accept,
  • accompaniment,
  • account,
  • ace,
  • acquit,
  • add,
  • adept,
  • adhere,
  • admirer,
  • adopt,
  • advocator,
  • affirm,
  • allay,
  • alleviate,
  • alter,
  • alteration,
  • alternating,
  • alternative,
  • apologise,
  • apologize,
  • append,
  • arcsecond,
  • arrogate,
  • asseverate,
  • assist,
  • assistance,
  • assoil,
  • assuage,
  • assume,
  • assure,
  • attention,
  • aver,
  • avow,
  • back down,
  • back off,
  • backbone,
  • backing,
  • backrest,
  • backup,
  • backward,
  • backwards,
  • barter,
  • bear,
  • bear on,
  • bear out,
  • bet on,
  • binding,
  • bit,
  • bomber,
  • book binding,
  • booster,
  • borrow,
  • bread and butter,
  • brook,
  • buy out,
  • buy up,
  • can,
  • care,
  • carry on,
  • cater,
  • certify,
  • champ,
  • change over,
  • charm,
  • choke,
  • choke off,
  • clear,
  • clog,
  • clog up,
  • commend,
  • complete,
  • confirm,
  • congest,
  • conjoin,
  • conserve,
  • contend,
  • continue,
  • convert,
  • correspond,
  • corroborate,
  • counsel,
  • counsellor,
  • counselor,
  • counselor-at-law,
  • countenance,
  • cover,
  • cut,
  • debate,
  • deepen,
  • depute,
  • deputise,
  • digest,
  • discharge,
  • dismiss,
  • documentation,
  • dorsum,
  • ease,
  • economic aid,
  • electric switch,
  • electrical switch,
  • embrace,
  • enchantment,
  • endorsement,
  • endure,
  • ensure,
  • exchange,
  • excuse,
  • exempt,
  • exert,
  • explicate,
  • exponent,
  • fence,
  • fend for,
  • fight,
  • fight back,
  • fight down,
  • fighter,
  • fill out,
  • financial aid,
  • financial backing,
  • financial support,
  • fire,
  • flip,
  • flip-flop,
  • follow,
  • force out,
  • foul,
  • free,
  • friend,
  • funding,
  • furnish,
  • gage,
  • game,
  • genius,
  • get,
  • get hitched with,
  • get married,
  • give notice,
  • give the axe,
  • go,
  • grinder,
  • guaranty,
  • guard,
  • have,
  • help,
  • hero,
  • hero sandwich,
  • hind,
  • hinder,
  • hoagie,
  • hoagy,
  • hold,
  • hold still for,
  • hold up,
  • hook up with,
  • hotshot,
  • import,
  • imprimatur,
  • indicate,
  • indorse,
  • insist,
  • instant,
  • insure,
  • intend,
  • interchange,
  • irregular,
  • issue,
  • jump,
  • keep,
  • keep going,
  • keep up,
  • lighten,
  • livelihood,
  • living,
  • magic spell,
  • make out,
  • marry,
  • maven,
  • mean,
  • minute,
  • mo,
  • modification,
  • modify,
  • moment,
  • move,
  • musical accompaniment,
  • nourish,
  • nurture,
  • observe,
  • oppose,
  • paladin,
  • palliate,
  • patch,
  • patronage,
  • patronise,
  • patronize,
  • permutation,
  • permute,
  • piece,
  • pigboat,
  • placeholder,
  • pleader,
  • plump for,
  • plunk for,
  • ply,
  • poor boy,
  • preach,
  • preempt,
  • preserve,
  • prizewinning,
  • procurator,
  • prolong,
  • proponent,
  • protagonist,
  • provide,
  • provision,
  • prune,
  • punt,
  • put back,
  • put forward,
  • rachis,
  • rationalise,
  • rear,
  • rearward,
  • rearwards,
  • reason,
  • reenforcement,
  • reinforcement,
  • remedy,
  • render,
  • repeat,
  • replacement,
  • represent,
  • sack,
  • salvage,
  • salve,
  • sanction,
  • save,
  • sec,
  • second base,
  • second gear,
  • secondly,
  • secondment,
  • secure,
  • seize,
  • send away,
  • sensation,
  • shade,
  • shift,
  • signify,
  • spell out,
  • spinal column,
  • spine,
  • stake,
  • stand,
  • star,
  • stick,
  • stick about,
  • stick around,
  • stick by,
  • stick out,
  • still,
  • stock warrant,
  • stock-purchase warrant,
  • stomach,
  • submarine,
  • submarine sandwich,
  • subscribe,
  • substantiate,
  • substitute,
  • substitution,
  • suffer,
  • supervene upon,
  • supplying,
  • supporter,
  • supporting,
  • surrogate,
  • sustenance,
  • swan,
  • swear,
  • sweep up,
  • switch over,
  • switching,
  • swop,
  • symbolise,
  • symbolize,
  • tack,
  • take on,
  • take turns,
  • tending,
  • terminate,
  • throw,
  • title-holder,
  • tolerate,
  • torpedo,
  • tour,
  • trade,
  • trance,
  • transfer,
  • transpose,
  • transposition,
  • turn,
  • typify,
  • u-boat,
  • unbosom,
  • underpin,
  • understudy,
  • undertake,
  • urge,
  • usurp,
  • variety,
  • vary,
  • verify,
  • vertebral column,
  • virtuoso,
  • vouch,
  • warrantee,
  • warranty,
  • wed,
  • wedge,
  • while,
  • whiz,
  • whizz,
  • wield,
  • wiz,
  • wizard,
  • write,
  • zep,
  • mavin,
  • superstar,
  • put up,
  • take up,
  • let off,
  • step in,
  • give the sack,
  • 2nd,
  • 2d,
  • magical spell,
  • economic assistance,
  • financial assistance.

Antonyms for Covering for:

• v.

  • defend
    disapprove, desert, neglect, condemn, surrender, quit, leave, attack, blame, accuse, abandon, forsake, punish, ignore, resign, oppose, protest, sentence, reject, deny, relinquish, renounce.
  • substitute
    continue, keep.