Synonyms for supporting
sup·port·ing

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1. support, supportingadjective

   the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

   "he leaned against the wall for support"

   Synonyms:
   support, backup, reinforcement, backing, funding, financial support, keep, accompaniment, reenforcement, bread and butter, musical accompaniment, sustenance, living, financial backing, documentation, livelihood

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, nonbearing

2. encouraging, supportingadjective

   furnishing support and encouragement

   "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"

   Synonyms:
   load-bearing(a), supporting(a), encouraging

   Antonyms:
   nonbearing, unsupportive

3. load-bearing(a), supporting(a)adjective

   capable of bearing a structural load

   "a supporting wall"

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, nonbearing

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1. List of paraphrases for "supporting":

   support, supportive, backing, supports, supported, sustain, endorsing, helping, sustaining, auxiliary, complementary, promoting

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1. Keith Strobelt:

   The labor unions, who usually support the Democrats, a lot of our members, and a lot of their families, are supporting Trump.

2. Thomas Witte:

   All those equids that are doing the grunt work and supporting their human families in developing parts of the world -- the mules and donkeys -- they get very little in the way of veterinary care and very little in the way of attention.

3. Jen Easterly:

   We work with election officials of all parties, and we have to be seen as supporting them and supporting the security of their elections, and not to be seen as doing anything that may be interpreted as partisan.

4. Peter Navarro:

   I papered everybody in the task force with the memo and . . . it flipped everyone to supporting the president.

5. Jeff Hunt:

   The president is supporting the rights of Coloradans to make decisions for themselves.