Definition for Support:

• Sustaining power; the necessaries of life; food; that which upholds a person or thing from falling or sinking; assistance; aid; help.

Synonyms for Support:

• n.

  •
  • stave.
  •
  • provision.
  •
  • afford.
  •aid (noun)
  • motivation,
  • endowment,
  • facilitation,
  • encouragement,
  • attendant,
  • agency,
  • service,
  • Mothering.
  •bastion (noun)
  • stronghold.
  •defense (noun)
  • fortress,
  • security,
  • argument,
  • resistance,
  • barrier,
  • harbor,
  • countermeasure,
  • moat,
  • armor,
  • defense,
  • wall,
  • response,
  • aversion,
  • rebuttal.
  •evidence (noun)
  • demonstration,
  • connotation,
  • declaration,
  • determination,
  • attestation,
  • specimen,
  • indication,
  • manifestation,
  • quotation,
  • data,
  • exemplification,
  • information,
  • fact,
  • counter-evidence,
  • observation,
  • proof,
  • deposition,
  • authentication,
  • certification,
  • illustration,
  • establishment.
  •living (noun)
  • sustainment,
  • sustentation.

• v.

  •abet (verb)
  • sanction.
  •affirm (verb)
  • set down,
  • express,
  • pledge,
  • profess,
  • warrant,
  • assert,
  • promise,
  • pronounce,
  • affirm,
  • acknowledge,
  • assure,
  • accept,
  • corroborate,
  • admit,
  • attest,
  • ratify,
  • adjure,
  • state,
  • approve,
  • maintain,
  • declare,
  • endorse,
  • aver,
  • proclaim,
  • submit,
  • claim,
  • avouch,
  • contend,
  • testify,
  • validate,
  • verify,
  • propound,
  • certify.
  •aid (verb)
  • mother,
  • foster,
  • fund,
  • minister,
  • relieve,
  • benefit,
  • abet,
  • tend,
  • facilitate,
  • motivate,
  • endow,
  • encourage,
  • serve,
  • aid,
  • sustain,
  • attend.
  •assist (verb)
  • back,
  • avail,
  • uphold.
  •evince (verb)
  • witness,
  • confirm,
  • connote,
  • exemplify,
  • betoken,
  • manifest,
  • authenticate,
  • prove,
  • illustrate,
  • evince,
  • substantiate,
  • observe,
  • indicate,
  • document,
  • vouch,
  • demonstrate,
  • adduce,
  • determine,
  • exhibit,
  • depose.
  •order (verb)
  • harmonize,
  • rate,
  • chart,
  • organize,
  • settle,
  • prepare,
  • class,
  • orchestrate,
  • arrange,
  • grade,
  • control,
  • sort,
  • form,
  • type,
  • group,
  • schematize,
  • right,
  • schedule,
  • collate,
  • classify,
  • sift,
  • scheme,
  • balance,
  • place,
  • normalize,
  • categorize,
  • shape,
  • unsnarl,
  • plan,
  • cast,
  • systematize,
  • separate,
  • structure,
  • mediate,
  • program,
  • Methodize,
  • fix,
  • adjust,
  • plot,
  • regulate,
  • rationalize,
  • screen,
  • score,
  • compose,
  • stratify,
  • devise,
  • unify,
  • pigeonhole,
  • marshal,
  • rank,
  • array,
  • order,
  • design,
  • stabilize,
  • set,
  • subordinate,
  • integrate.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • enliven,
  • beef up,
  • strengthen,
  • toughen,
  • empower,
  • invigorate,
  • temper,
  • vivify,
  • harden,
  • energize,
  • fortify,
  • reinforce,
  • brace.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prop up.
  •
  • care for.
  •approve
  • establish.
  •assist
  • take care of.
  •block
  • fulcrum.
  •bring up
  • provide for.
  •defend
  • say in defense.
  •endure
  • stick.
  •protect
  • fend.
  •Other relevant words:
  • financing,
  • spare,
  • promote,
  • go,
  • carry,
  • countenance,
  • safekeeping,
  • hold,
  • salvation,
  • Auxiliaries,
  • keep,
  • Reinforcements,
  • aby,
  • Upbear,
  • hold up,
  • bear,
  • bolster up,
  • bracer,
  • advance,
  • keep alive,
  • abide,
  • upholding,
  • contingents,
  • tolerate,
  • undergo,
  • patronize,
  • backing,
  • stay,
  • arm,
  • sponsor,
  • Patronization,
  • Sustention,
  • advocate,
  • preserval,
  • succors,
  • suffer,
  • keep up,
  • maintenance,
  • bide,
  • shoulder,
  • bear up,
  • endure,
  • back up,
  • saving,
  • staff,
  • keep in countenance,
  • aid and abet,
  • maintainer,
  • conservation,
  • recruits,
  • verification,
  • lend support,
  • bear out,
  • keeping.

Paraphrases for Support:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    supports, backstopping, supporting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    supporting.
  • Noun, plural
    supporting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backstopping, supporting.
  • Adverb
    supports.
  • Verb, past tense
    Helped.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    backstopping.
  • Verb, past participle
    Helped.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    backstopping.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    peace-support.
  • Proper noun, singular
    brackets, sustainment.
  • Noun, plural
    brackets.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    supportiveness, patronage.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Propping, buttressing.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Sustaining, sustained.
  • Proper noun, plural
    Opportunities, systems, Canadians, nations.
  • Proper noun, singular
    results, stakeholders, Beneficiaries, Rights, recipients, dollars, sticks, Fellowships, outcomes, assignments, speakers, arrangements, targets, coaches, Territories, awards, holdings, Goals, Has, events, Sustaining.
  • Noun, plural
    breadwinners, advocates, posts, minds, assistants, Journals, earners, mechanisms, bearers, holders, Guns, awards.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, beams, substantiation, backstop, furtherance, corroboration, favourable, subsidization, supportability, advocate, consensus, sympathy, Sustaining, consent, assent, participation, substrate, accession, subsistence, comfort, compatability, seatback, justification.
  • Verb, past tense
    Espoused, favored, Bolstered, suggested, guaranteed, used, preferred, converted, associates, asserted, Boosted, protected, Were, welcomed, stressed, ensured, granted, informed, Relied, directed, Contended, received, Argued, Brought, joined, guides, highlighted, required, alleged, Had, added, built, felt, based, Claimed, endorsed, Favoured, fostered, contributing, Promoted, shared, facilitated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    substantiating, Bolstering, Subsidizing, approving, Suggesting, supplying, Associating, Empowering, Justifying, Withstanding, Advocating, pressing, Consolidating, Furthering, pushing, competing, agreeing, Appointing, reinforcing, Attesting, enduring, Fulfilling, Abetting, Relying, targeting, facing, defending, Championing, benefiting, arguing, Cultivating, Resting, guiding, showing, leaning, Cementing, giving, seeing, pulling, Bridging, Aiming, beginning, Claiming, Underpinning, contributing.
  • Verb, past participle
    subscribed, Bolstered, sanctioned, associated, Boosted, Underpinned, Advocated, accepted, consolidated, Embraced, welcomed, agreed, recognized, reinforced, financed, Undertaken, directed, Voted, Negotiated, tailored, Argued, developed, aligned, documented, affected, Carried, desired, specified, required, designed, built, based, done, won, endorsed, Favoured, Promoted, shared, facilitated.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, AM, corroborate, subscribe, approve, agree, favourable, argue, Espousing, accept, bear, espouse, defend, rely, subsidise, reinforce, accession, allege.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    substantiates, favours, subscribes, suggests, complements, uses, submits, follows, asserts, underpins, works, agrees, ensures, facilitates, contends, receives, enables, answers, argues, Bears, depends, documents, includes, reinforcing, Carries, serves, alleges, advocates, enhances, wants, builds, claims, fosters, contributes, contributing, provides.
  • Verb, base form
    substantiate, underpin, endorsed, buttress, corroborate, subscribe, approve, backstop, subsidize, agree, withstand, favourable, argue, accept, countenance, bear, shared, espouse, underwrite, shoulder, nourish, defend, consent, provideair, assent, rely, subsidise, reinforce, accession, tolerate, subsistence, shore, podporu, consolidate, justification.

• Other Related

  • Cardinal number
    supporting, supported.
  • Adjective
    supported, sustainment.
  • Proper noun, singular
    maintainers, supporter, endorsement, supported.
  • Noun, plural
    supporters, endorsements, supported.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Underpinning, supporter, acceptance, endorsement, breadwinner, supported, sponsor, sustainment.
  • Adverb
    supporting.
  • Verb, past tense
    sponsored, Stood, sustained.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    sponsoring, standing, Basing, Sustaining.
  • Verb, past participle
    sponsored, sustained.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    advocate, admit, sponsor.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    sustains, sponsors, Sustaining.
  • Verb, base form
    advocate, co-sponsor, admit, sponsor.

Antonyms for Support:

• n.

  • food, money, possessions for staying alive
    fun, entertainment, neglect.
  • help, approval
    hurt, hindrance, injury, ill will, block, stoppage.
  • person who helps another
    enemy, foe.
  • something that holds up structure
    opposition, disapproval, stop.
  • Other antonyms:
    constraint, deter, cast down, frustration, deterrence, destroy, discourage, repression, break down, expose, frustrate, throw down, restraint, betray, confound, demolish, wreck, inhibition, dissuade, overthrow, discouragement, disconcert, obstruction, baffle, counteract, interference, denounce.

• v.

  • defend, advocate belief
    disprove, obstruct, invalidate, halt, desert, injure, impede, prevent, hinder, condemn, decrease.
  • endure
    disallow, fight, disagree, discontinue.
  • hold up
    fall, release, let down, refuse, reject, weaken, undermine, oppose, contradict, drop, let go, disapprove.
  • take care of, provide for
    depress, conclude, starve, finish, ignore, take, abandon.

Hypernym for Support:

• n.

  • act
    blessing, protagonism, logistic support, endorsement, adhesion, sustainment, approving, adherence, advocacy, sponsorship, upkeep, approval, sustentation, reassurance, maintenance, sustenance, Indorsement, logistic assistance, attachment.
  • artifact
    firedog, stand, tailstock, foundation, architrave, foot, dog, pier, rocker, pillow block, bridge, step, groundwork, bedpost, harness, seat, foothold, bearing, pedestal, yoke, perch, substructure, football tee, harp, dog-iron, radius, headstock, wall bracket, fundament, leg, plinth, backrest, handrest, prop, bearing wall, back, stair, shelf, bookend, stock, buttress, rack, rest, hanger, stirrup, buttressing, spoke, base, bar, footing, rib, wheel spoke, brace, stirrup iron, gunstock, arch support, backboard, tee, bracket, baluster, undercarriage, structural member, understructure, basement, footstall, andiron, abutment.
  • cognition
    keystone, backbone, lynchpin, lifeline, linchpin, mainstay, anchor.

• v.

  • possession
    provide, see through, patronize, sponsor, bring home the bacon, subsidise, fund, patronise, subsidize.

Hyponym for Support:

• n.

  • act
    aid, assist, activity, help, assistance.
  • artifact
    device, supporting structure.
  • cognition
    influence.

• v.

  • creation
    play, act, represent.
  • possession
    give.