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prop (up)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of prop (up)

1 to hold up or serve as a foundation for
  • These beams are propping up the entire roof.
Synonyms of prop (up)

bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, shore (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold
Words Related to prop (up)

steady, truss, underlie
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.
Synonyms of prop (up)

abet, aid, assist, back, backstop, help, support
Words Related to prop (up)

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
Phrases Synonymous with prop (up)

bear a hand, to stand one in good stead
Near Antonyms of prop (up)

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
Antonyms of prop (up)

hinder

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