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backstop

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of backstop

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 of backstop

abet, aid, assist, back, help, prop (up), support

Words Related to backstop

advance, ease, facilitate, forward, foster, further, launch

champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, promote, sponsor

attend, care (for), comfort, minister (to), succor

bolster, boost, buttress, reinforce (also reenforce)

advise, counsel, guide, mentor, nurture

bail out, deliver, rescue, save

embolden, encourage, hearten

benefit, favor, oblige, profit, serve

Phrases Synonymous with backstop

bear a hand, to stand one in good stead

Near Antonyms of backstop

balk, bar, block, constrain, hamper, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, restrain, strangle

baffle, foil, frustrate, inconvenience, interfere, oppose, sabotage, thwart

desert, disappoint, fail, let down

discourage, dishearten

repress, retard, stifle, straiten, stunt

damage, harm, hurt, injure

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