Synonyms of backing

backing 1 of 2

noun

ˈba-kiŋ 

1

as in support

an act or instance of helping

the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• support
• assistance
• assist
• help
• boost
• aid
• encouragement
• lift
• hand
• advice
• helping hand
• guidance
• leg up
• service
• promotion
• advancement
• sponsorship
• abetment
• forwarding
• attention
• facilitation
• patronage
• furtherance
• kindness
• attendance
• mentoring
• counsel
• furthering
• care
• nurturance
• relief
• favor
• benefaction
• hand-holding
• charity
• beneficence
• philanthropy
• succor
• assuagement
• palliation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interference
• obstruction
• restraint
• inhibition
• hindrance
• constraint
• frustration
• repression
• deterrence
• discouragement

2

as in sponsorship

the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking

the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sponsorship
• patronage
• funding
• financing
• aegis
• assistance
• encouragement
• egis
• subsidy
• endowment
• auspice
• bankrolling
• aid
• help
• fosterage

backing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of back

1

as in endorsing

to promote the interests or cause of

she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endorsing
• advocating
• supporting
• championing
• indorsing
• embracing
• adopting
• helping
• assisting
• patronizing
• going in for
• aiding
• standing up for
• reinforcing
• sticking up for
• holding a brief for
• plumping (for)
• plonking (for)
• plunking (for)
• going to bat for
• bolstering
• saving
• reenforcing
• buttressing
• preaching
• espousing
• furthering
• siding (with)
• forwarding
• abetting
• seconding
• rescuing
• advancing
• backstopping
• propping (up)
• boosting
• plugging
• bailing out
• talking up
• delivering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposing
• interfering
• thwarting
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• baffling
• failing
• disappointing
• foiling
• deserting
• letting down

2

as in assisting

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end

a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assisting
• aiding
• helping
• supporting
• reinforcing
• endorsing
• bolstering
• abetting
• backstopping
• saving
• promoting
• guiding
• facilitating
• propping (up)
• encouraging
• bearing a hand
• sponsoring
• indorsing
• forwarding
• furthering
• comforting
• launching
• championing
• standing one in good stead
• fostering
• advancing
• serving
• reenforcing
• benefiting
• attending
• sustaining
• rescuing
• easing
• buttressing
• benefitting
• ministering (to)
• patronizing
• advising
• mentoring
• counselling
• boosting
• profiting
• nurturing
• succoring
• caring (for)
• bailing out
• favoring
• obliging
• counseling
• emboldening
• delivering
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blocking
• opposing
• hindering
• restraining
• interfering
• obstructing
• impeding
• inhibiting
• hampering
• barring
• holding back
• constraining
• balking
• failing
• thwarting
• handicapping
• strangling
• disappointing
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• baffling
• deserting
• discouraging
• letting down
• foiling
• retarding
• damaging
• disheartening
• inconveniencing
• hurting
• repressing
• stifling
• harming
• stunting
• injuring
• straitening

3

as in reinforcing

to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)

the author needs to back her thesis with more facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reinforcing
• bolstering
• supporting
• proving
• buttressing
• corroborating
• confirming
• reenforcing
• establishing
• substantiating
• shoring (up)
• verifying
• validating
• affirming
• avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undermining
• weakening
• undercutting

Examples of backing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The makings are attached to a backing and hung proudly around the neck for homecoming events. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024

However, a lot of the energy policy in the United States is governed at the state and local level, so the White House can’t easily shape the agenda without local backing. —Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024

Thanks to anon-slip backing, these mats are ideal for high-traffic areas. —Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024

As Trump’s desire for the backing of Swift and the Swifties bubbled up again this weekend, the scale of the disinformation swirling around the 2024 election grows. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024