Synonyms of backstop

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backstop

verb

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as in to aid

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

the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aid
• assist
• help
• support
• back
• reinforce
• bolster
• forward
• bear a hand
• guide
• abet
• facilitate
• sponsor
• champion
• benefit
• save
• comfort
• buttress
• rescue
• serve
• further
• promote
• encourage
• to stand one in good stead
• launch
• mentor
• endorse
• sustain
• counsel
• succor
• advance
• prop (up)
• foster
• indorse
• ease
• patronize
• profit
• reenforce
• bail out
• attend
• favor
• advise
• nurture
• minister (to)
• boost
• oblige
• embolden
• care (for)
• hearten
• deliver

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• block
• balk
• restrain
• bar
• hinder
• oppose
• impede
• thwart
• inhibit
• hamper
• interfere
• hold back
• foil
• constrain
• baffle
• obstruct
• handicap
• fail
• frustrate
• sabotage
• let down
• strangle
• inconvenience
• desert
• discourage
• disappoint
• retard
• damage
• harm
• hurt
• stifle
• injure
• repress
• stunt
• dishearten
• straiten

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• block
• balk
• restrain
• bar
• hinder
• oppose
• impede
• thwart
• inhibit
• hamper
• interfere
• hold back
• foil
• constrain
• baffle
• obstruct
• handicap
• fail
• frustrate
• sabotage
• let down
• strangle
• inconvenience
• desert
• discourage
• disappoint
• retard
• damage
• harm
• hurt
• stifle
• injure
• repress
• stunt
• dishearten
• straiten

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