Synonyms and Antonyms of prop (up)
1
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
- these beams are propping up the entire roof
bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, shore (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold
2
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
- invariably his strong religious faith props him up in times of crisis
advance, ease, facilitate, forward, foster, further, launch
champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, promote, sponsor
attend, care (for), comfort, minister (to), succor
sustain
bolster, boost, buttress, reinforce (also reenforce)
advise, counsel, guide, mentor, nurture
bail out, deliver, rescue, save
embolden, encourage, hearten
benefit, favor, oblige, profit, serve
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