Synonyms of underpins

underpins

verb

present tense third-person singular of underpin

as in sustains

to hold up or serve as a foundation for

the central beliefs that underpin a free society

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sustains
• supports
• carries
• bolsters
• upholds
• stays
• undergirds
• underlies
• shores (up)
• bears
• buttresses
• braces
• steadies
• props (up)
• trusses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of underpins

That underpins Pennington’s confidence that her customers will still value human financial advisers even as technology becomes more sophisticated at anticipating their needs. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 10 July 2026

The listing also comes as investors assess whether SK Hynix can maintain its lead in the fast-growing HBM market that underpins AI accelerators. — Lee Ying Shan,jenny Lee, CNBC, 10 July 2026

There are also three fixes for the Kernel, the engine that underpins the operating system. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Yet both underscore a defining characteristic of American democracy – the delicate yet shifting equilibrium among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that underpins the business of governing. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026

The drive to define the face as a data point, something to be grasped and controlled, underpins the bureaucracy of the modern nation-state, in which faces are surveyed, categorized, and stored in digital banks. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Perhaps his long, not-so-scenic route to the national team underpins the sense that trusting him to be a major performer has not come easily to coach Julian Nagelsmann. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Leonardo was granted the patent for the technology that underpins SignalTrace two years ago. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 17 June 2026