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1. (noun) support
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
Synonyms: financial backing, backup, financial support, sustenance, backing, documentation, reenforcement, accompaniment, reinforcement, funding, livelihood, musical accompaniment, keep, living, bread and butter, supporting

2. (noun) support
aiding the cause or policy or interests of
Synonyms: financial backing, backup, financial support, sustenance, backing, documentation, reenforcement, accompaniment, reinforcement, funding, livelihood, musical accompaniment, keep, living, bread and butter, supporting

3. (noun) support
something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
Synonyms: financial backing, backup, financial support, sustenance, backing, documentation, reenforcement, accompaniment, reinforcement, funding, livelihood, musical accompaniment, keep, living, bread and butter, supporting

4. (noun) support, reinforcement, reenforcement
a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
Synonyms: support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, backing, funding, financial support, keep, accompaniment, reenforcement, reinforcing stimulus, bread and butter, reinforcer, musical accompaniment, reward, sustenance, strengthener, living, financial backing, documentation, livelihood

5. (noun) documentation, support
documentary validation
Synonyms: backup, supporting, reinforcement, backing, reenforcement, certification, keep, corroboration, support, bread and butter, financial support, accompaniment, software documentation, musical accompaniment, sustenance, living, financial backing, funding, documentation, livelihood

6. (noun) support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
the financial means whereby one lives
Synonyms: support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, sustainment, backing, funding, nutrition, nutriment, financial support, keep, accompaniment, alimentation, reenforcement, victuals, life, bread and butter, hold, dungeon, musical accompaniment, maintenance, aliment, sustenance, animation, donjon, sustentation, living, upkeep, financial backing, documentation, nourishment, livelihood, aliveness

7. (noun) support
supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
Synonyms: financial backing, backup, financial support, sustenance, backing, documentation, reenforcement, accompaniment, reinforcement, funding, livelihood, musical accompaniment, keep, living, bread and butter, supporting

8. (noun) support, supporting
the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
Synonyms: support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, backing, funding, financial support, keep, accompaniment, reenforcement, bread and butter, musical accompaniment, sustenance, living, financial backing, documentation, livelihood

9. (noun) accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
Synonyms: fill-in, financial backing, reenforcement, reinforcement, patronage, escort, living, supporting, complement, keep, accompaniment, livelihood, support, bread and butter, co-occurrence, backup man, reliever, musical accompaniment, backing, financial support, backup, sustenance, funding, championship, concomitant, computer backup, relief, stand-in, documentation, attendant, substitute

10. (noun) support
any device that bears the weight of another thing
Synonyms: financial backing, backup, financial support, sustenance, backing, documentation, reenforcement, accompaniment, reinforcement, funding, livelihood, musical accompaniment, keep, living, bread and butter, supporting

11. (verb) support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing
financial resources provided to make some project possible
Synonyms: support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, patronage, backing, funding, financial support, keep, accompaniment, reenforcement, bread and butter, musical accompaniment, sustenance, financing, championship, mount, living, financial backing, documentation, livelihood

12. (verb) support, back up
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
Synonyms: digest, abide, congest, tolerate, choke, foul, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, choke off, back, stick out, back down, clog, fend for, patronise, clog up, back up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, back off, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, bear

13. (verb) support
support materially or financially
Synonyms: suffer, put up, tolerate, patronage, stand, back, corroborate, brook, plump for, keep going, patronise, hold up, bear out, bear, hold, stomach, sustain, underpin, confirm, plunk for, defend, subscribe, stick out, patronize, substantiate, indorse, fend for, affirm, endure, digest, endorse, back up, abide

14. (verb) back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
be behind; approve of
Synonyms: stake, digest, abide, tolerate, bear, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, back, stick out, second, fend for, patronise, back up, keep going, certify, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, stand, affirm, game, brook, indorse, subscribe, suffer, bet on, sustain, patronize, underpin, gage, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, put up, punt

15. (verb) hold, support, sustain, hold up
be the physical support of; carry the weight of
Synonyms: take, hold in, hold out, make, endure, fend for, affirm, view as, underpin, carry, book, concur, have, maintain, hold, last, moderate, sustain, corroborate, confirm, retain, nourish, nurse, defy, support, go, stick up, keep up, patronise, guard, prevail, declare, withstand, adjudge, tolerate, indorse, accommodate, abide, control, prolong, stomach, harbour, patronage, live, reserve, check, hold back, stick out, brook, give, take hold, go for, patronize, deem, apply, stand up, obtain, substantiate, survive, get, bind, stand, have got, entertain, plunk for, live on, curb, back, restrain, keep, concord, keep back, oblige, throw, arrest, hold water, contain, back up, suffer, bear, nurture, subscribe, take for, hold up, harbor, detain, defend, put up, confine, keep going, bear out, admit, digest, plump for, endorse, halt, obligate, agree, delay

16. (verb) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Synonyms: actualise, realise, abide, embody, verify, get, support, stomach, defend, plunk for, hold up, substantiate, keep going, actualize, back, have, avow, fend for, patronise, stick out, assert, back up, keep, digest, nurture, keep up, corroborate, endorse, validate, reassert, hold, confirm, bear out, incarnate, affirm, swan, subscribe, brook, indorse, body forth, tolerate, suffer, endure, stand, aver, maintain, prolong, nourish, sustain, realize, patronize, underpin, plump for, patronage, put up, swear, bear

17. (verb) subscribe, support
adopt as a belief
Synonyms: digest, abide, tolerate, support, plunk for, sign, hold up, endure, back, take, stick out, fend for, patronise, subscribe to, back up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, pledge, patronage, bear

18. (verb) corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
Synonyms: digest, abide, tolerate, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, back, stick out, fend for, patronise, back up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, validate, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, bear

19. (verb) defend, support, fend for
argue or speak in defense of
Synonyms: fight, digest, abide, tolerate, support, oppose, suffer, plunk for, hold up, endure, guard, stick out, confirm, fend for, patronise, back, back up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, represent, defend, fight back, bear out, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, patronage, stand, sustain, maintain, fight down, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, champion, bear

20. (verb) support
play a subordinate role to (another performer)
Synonyms: suffer, put up, tolerate, patronage, stand, back, corroborate, brook, plump for, keep going, patronise, hold up, bear out, bear, hold, stomach, sustain, underpin, confirm, plunk for, defend, subscribe, stick out, patronize, substantiate, indorse, fend for, affirm, endure, digest, endorse, back up, abide

21. (verb) patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going
be a regular customer or client of
Synonyms: digest, abide, buy at, tolerate, tide over, support, shop at, plunk for, hold up, endure, frequent, bridge over, back, stick out, fend for, patronise, run on, back up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, affirm, shop, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, condescend, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, sponsor, bear

22. (verb) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Synonyms: bide, project, ache, hold out, run, endure, affirm, underpin, carry, stand up, assume, have, hold, last, sustain, confirm, fend, stay, weather, take over, go, jut, endorse, jut out, turn out, digest, deport, prevail, comport, set up, behave, die hard, pay, jump out, remain firm, offer, tolerate, deliver, indorse, hurt, abide, condense, raise, fend for, back up, stomach, birth, patronage, stand out, live, contribute, stick out, meet, brook, expect, patronize, suffer, concentrate, protrude, acquit, substantiate, brave out, survive, domiciliate, get, put forward, stand, can, post, plunk for, persist, live on, have a bun in the oven, give birth, back, jump, allow, rear, lose, place upright, wear, house, contain, leap out, bear, patronise, subscribe, hold up, corroborate, provide, erect, defend, brave, put up, tin, keep going, accept, bear out, support, resist, plump for, nominate, yield, gestate, permit, conduct

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'support'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. support
Abet and instigate are now used almost without exception in a bad sense; one may incite either to good or evil. One incites or instigates to the doing of something not yet done, or to incre
Synonyms: abet, advocate, countenance, incite, sanction, aid, embolden, instigate, support, assist, encourage, promote, uphold
Antonyms: baffle, deter, dissuade, hinder, confound, disapprove, expose, impede, counteract, disconcert, frustrate, obstruct, denounce, discourage

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