support

support

noun

Definition of SUPPORT

1

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else <if you don't add a couple more supports to that tower of blocks, it's going to fall down>

Synonyms brace, buttress, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, underpinning

Related Words shoring; column, pedestal, pilaster, pillar; arch, bolster, bracket, cantilever, girder; bearing; crutch, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, strut, truss; base, foundation, frame

2

an act or instance of helping <the team's victory owes a lot to Joe's strong support in left field>

Synonyms abetment, aid, assist, assistance, backing, boost, hand, helping hand, leg up, lift, support

Related Words advancement, encouragement, facilitation, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, nurturance; benefaction, patronage, promotion, sponsorship; advice, care, counsel, guidance, mentoring; attendance, attention, hand-holding, service; beneficence, charity, favor, kindness, philanthropy; assuagement, palliation, relief, succor

Near Antonyms constraint, frustration, inhibition, interference, obstruction, repression, restraint; deterrence, discouragement

Antonyms hindrance