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buttress
Synonyms and Antonyms of buttress
- Our mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times.
anchor, dependence (also dependance), mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby
- After the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress.
brace, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, support, underpinning
buttress
Synonyms and Antonyms of buttress
- A mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case.
back, bolster, corroborate, reinforce (also reenforce), shore (up), substantiate, support
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