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Synonyms & Antonyms of support
(Entry 1 of 2)
- if you don't add a couple more supports to that tower of blocks, it's going to fall down
Synonyms for support
- brace,
- buttress,
- mount,
- mounting,
- prop,
- reinforcement,
- shore,
- spur,
- stay,
- underpinning
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- the team's victory owes a lot to Joe's strong support in left field
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of support (Entry 2 of 2)
- though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts
Synonyms for support
- advocate,
- back,
- champion,
- endorse
- (also indorse),
- patronize,
- plump (for),
- plunk (for)
- or plonk (for)
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- a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary
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- studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer
Synonyms for support
- back,
- bolster,
- buttress,
- corroborate,
- reinforce
- (also reenforce),
- shore (up),
- substantiate
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- we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them
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- new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions
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- sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
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- he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side
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The first known use of support was in the 14th century
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