BACKED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

backed

verb

past tense of back

as in endorsed

to promote the interests or cause of she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities

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as in aided

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

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as in reinforced

to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea) the author needs to back her thesis with more facts

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Recent Examples of backed And the team’s performance over the past couple of months backed that up. —

Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Methodically and quietly, Black Bear—backed by the private-equity firm Blackstreet Capital Holdings—is tightening its stranglehold over the youth-hockey infrastructure along the Eastern Seaboard. —

Chris Murphy, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026 The Indian arm of James's office, Bodhi Tree Systems, is backed by the Qatar Investment Authority and has a massive stake in Indian media and streaming joint venture Viacom18. —

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Can a movie in wide release across the country and backed by an Oscar-winning studio convey genuinely revolutionary thoughts? —

Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 Government loans are backed by a government agency, though the money is actually supplied by private lenders. —

Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 That includes many popular lines from Caraway, GreenPan and Our Place — including lines backed by Selena Gomez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore and Stanley Tucci. —

Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026 Gardening may be a solo endeavor but it is backed by a community of hard-working people who are usually eager to share advice and, come July, a zucchini or three. —

Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 In 2020, Turkey strongly backed Azerbaijan in its six-week conflict with ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia over Karabakh, which resulted in Azerbaijan regaining control of a significant part of the region and areas around it. —

ABC News, 13 May 2026

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The police union, like the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, has endorsed Bass.

— Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Former San Francisco Mayor and longtime California State Assembly speaker Willie Brown endorsed Steyer, who has spent more than $130 million on his campaign.

— Terry Collins, USA Today, 14 May 2026