Another word for supported

How is the word support different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of support are advocate, back, champion, and uphold. While all these words mean «to favor actively one that meets opposition,» support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given.

When could advocate be used to replace support?

While in some cases nearly identical to support, advocate stresses urging or pleading.

Where would back be a reasonable alternative to support?

In some situations, the words back and support are roughly equivalent. However, back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling.

When can champion be used instead of support?

The words champion and support are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause.

When is it sensible to use uphold instead of support?

While the synonyms uphold and support are close in meaning, uphold implies extended support given to something attacked.

What is another word for supported?

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• adj.

  • all (adjective)

  • supported.

  • approved (adjective)

  • most ratified,
  • made official,
  • more affirmed,
  • most okd,
  • more ok’d,
  • more legalized,
  • all-owed,
  • more ratified,
  • most affirmed,
  • re-cognized,
  • most passed,
  • most allowed,
  • most ok’d,
  • most legalized,
  • re cognized,
  • more passed,
  • all owed,
  • more okd,
  • more allowed.

  •

  • proven,
  • Circumstantiated,
  • faithful,
  • righteous,
  • straight from horse’s mouth.

  • backed personally (adjective)

  • financed,
  • Promoted.

  • defended (adjective)

  • fortified.

  • encouraged (adjective)

  • more cheered,
  • more aided,
  • most enlivened,
  • most roused,
  • most reassured,
  • more roused,
  • more reassured,
  • most aided,
  • in-spirited,
  • in-spired,
  • more inspirited,
  • re assured,
  • most emboldened,
  • most inspirited,
  • more emboldened,
  • in spirited,
  • re-assured,
  • most cheered,
  • in spired,
  • more enlivened.

  • endorsed (adjective)

  • more sponsored,
  • okd boosted,
  • more commended,
  • more underwritten,
  • up-held,
  • under-written,
  • more concluded,
  • most sponsored,
  • most notarized,
  • up held,
  • most concluded,
  • under written,
  • most underwritten,
  • most commended,
  • more advocated,
  • most advocated,
  • more notarized.

  • evidential (adjective)

  • confirmed,
  • established,
  • authentic,
  • Exhibited,
  • substantiated,
  • demonstrated,
  • documented,
  • Exemplified,
  • counter-evidential,
  • Vouched,
  • evidential.

  • fortified (adjective)

  • more bastioned,
  • more buttressed,
  • most manned,
  • more garrisoned,
  • more manned,
  • most bulwarked,
  • most walled,
  • manned,
  • most safeguarded,
  • most secured,
  • more strengthened,
  • more walled,
  • most bastioned,
  • more safeguarded,
  • most strengthened,
  • most barricaded,
  • most garrisoned,
  • most buttressed,
  • more barricaded,
  • more fortressed,
  • more bulwarked,
  • most fortressed,
  • more secured,
  • walled.

  • helped (adjective)

  • more befriended,
  • be friended,
  • most abetted,
  • most bolstered,
  • more bolstered,
  • more subsidized,
  • more assisted,
  • more abetted,
  • more nursed,
  • be-friended,
  • more maintained,
  • most subsidized,
  • most maintained,
  • most assisted,
  • more accompanied,
  • most accompanied,
  • most befriended,
  • most nursed.

  • mounted (adjective)

  • more attached,
  • most braced,
  • more braced,
  • most anchored,
  • most attached,
  • more anchored.

  • named (adjective)

  • Deputed,
  • settled on,
  • Pegged,
  • tabbed,
  • decided upon.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)

  • mounted,
  • fortressed,
  • authoritative,
  • named,
  • sworn to,
  • taken care of,
  • bastioned,
  • Garrisoned,
  • Bulwarked,
  • submitted to,
  • witnessed,
  • met with,
  • Undergone,
  • sustained,
  • approved,
  • recommended,
  • encouraged.

  • recommended (adjective)

  • re commended,
  • re-commended.

  • supported physically (adjective)

  • Floated,
  • lifted up.

  • sustained (adjective)

  • most continued,
  • un interrupted,
  • more continued.

  • undergone (adjective)

  • most encountered,
  • most felt,
  • most withstood,
  • more endured,
  • under-gone,
  • with stood,
  • most endured,
  • more encountered,
  • with-stood,
  • under gone,
  • more withstood,
  • more felt.

  • witnessed (adjective)

  • more substantiated,
  • most substantiated.

• adv

  • Other relevant words: (adverb)

  • up on,
  • on,
  • resting on,
  • close to,
  • leaning on,
  • situated on,
  • on top of.

• adv.

  • on (adverb)

  • be side,
  • be-side.

  • Other relevant words: (adverb)

  • forth,
  • With.

• n.

  •
  • firm,
  • held up.

  • backed up (noun)

  • backed up.

  • based on (noun)

  • based on.

  • braced (noun)

  • braced.

  • dangling (noun)

  • dangling.

  • founded (noun)

  • founded.

  • gimbaled (noun)

  • gimbaled.

  • hanging (noun)

  • hanging.

  • in suspension (noun)

  • in suspension.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • state.

• v.

  • affirmed (verb)

  • corroborated,
  • stated,
  • declared,
  • admitted,
  • expressed,
  • pronounced,
  • promised,
  • attested,
  • pledged,
  • Testified,
  • warranted,
  • assured,
  • acknowledged,
  • Submitted,
  • professed,
  • Averred,
  • Adjured,
  • set down,
  • verified,
  • certified,
  • affirmed,
  • Claimed,
  • asserted,
  • Contended,
  • endorsed,
  • Avouched,
  • Propounded,
  • ratified,
  • proclaimed,
  • validated,
  • accepted,
  • maintained.

  • aided (verb)

  • facilitated,
  • relieved,
  • Ministered,
  • Served,
  • motivated,
  • attended,
  • Helped,
  • Tended,
  • Mothered,
  • Abetted,
  • Benefited,
  • endowed,
  • assisted,
  • fostered,
  • funded,
  • aided.

  • assisted (verb)

  • favored,
  • Upheld,
  • backed,
  • Availed,
  • Succored.

  • defended (verb)

  • secured,
  • safeguarded,
  • barricaded,
  • protected,
  • sheltered,
  • Fended,
  • Answered,
  • Rebutted,
  • shielded,
  • Returned,
  • barred,
  • Argued,
  • Responded,
  • opposed,
  • backfired,
  • Policed,
  • Averted,
  • buffered,
  • Defended,
  • saved,
  • Replied,
  • countered,
  • Warded,
  • covered,
  • counterattacked,
  • guarded,
  • Retorted,
  • Resisted.

  • evinced (verb)

  • Indicated,
  • deposed,
  • Connoted,
  • Betokened,
  • illustrated,
  • observed,
  • Manifested,
  • Adduced,
  • proved,
  • determined,
  • Evinced,
  • authenticated.

  • ordered (verb)

  • harmonized,
  • programmed,
  • controlled,
  • structured,
  • Devised,
  • balanced,
  • regulated,
  • organized,
  • arrayed,
  • prepared,
  • Sifted,
  • mediated,
  • Collated,
  • placed,
  • Rated,
  • pigeonholed,
  • orchestrated,
  • shaped,
  • set,
  • ranked,
  • categorized,
  • typed,
  • fixed,
  • separated,
  • designed,
  • normalized,
  • Subordinated,
  • Methodized,
  • arranged,
  • Screened,
  • ordered,
  • composed,
  • grouped,
  • Scored,
  • schematized,
  • formed,
  • cast,
  • systematized,
  • classified,
  • adjusted,
  • sorted,
  • Schemed,
  • plotted,
  • Charted,
  • scheduled,
  • unified,
  • integrated,
  • settled,
  • Marshalled,
  • framed,
  • planned,
  • Righted,
  • graded,
  • Classed,
  • unsnarled,
  • stabilized,
  • rationalized,
  • stratified.

  • strengthened (verb)

  • hardened,
  • tempered,
  • invigorated,
  • strengthened,
  • Energized,
  • enlivened,
  • Vivified,
  • empowered,
  • toughened,
  • reinforced.

  • supported (verb)

  • Bolstered,
  • Underpinned,
  • buttressed,
  • Hinged,
  • Propped.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • safe.

  • backed

  • Seconded.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • include,
  • Comported,
  • justified,
  • signed,
  • shouldered,
  • Lived,
  • nominated,
  • Favoured,
  • comforted,
  • Cared,
  • Borne,
  • poised,
  • kept up,
  • earn,
  • favorite,
  • bottomed,
  • supernatant,
  • patronised,
  • educated,
  • Followed,
  • Lasted,
  • licensed,
  • pendent,
  • Befriended,
  • right,
  • scaffolded,
  • esteemed,
  • descend,
  • obliged,
  • Furthered,
  • bear on,
  • fundamental,
  • Performed,
  • underslung,
  • birthed,
  • patronized,
  • conveyed,
  • raised,
  • legged,
  • Frequented,
  • kept going,
  • uphold,
  • Provided,
  • represented,
  • Buoyed,
  • Delivered,
  • prolonged,
  • underhung,
  • choked,
  • Defied,
  • Endured,
  • Escorted,
  • Offered,
  • Harbored,
  • entertained,
  • congested,
  • subsidised,
  • gestated,
  • curbed,
  • tinned,
  • Remedied,
  • repose on,
  • popular,
  • preserved,
  • Anchored,
  • swelled out,
  • deserve,
  • Shored,
  • lean on,
  • abut on,
  • Deemed,
  • delayed,
  • Accommodated,
  • received,
  • Concurred,
  • cultivated,
  • put up with,
  • cherished,
  • Stayed,
  • digested,
  • good,
  • correct,
  • footed,
  • sustain,
  • dispense,
  • Countenanced,
  • agreed,
  • Bestraddle,
  • nursed,
  • Advocated,
  • pendant,
  • Rocked,
  • Deported,
  • confined,
  • clogged,
  • retained,
  • Gamed,
  • supporting,
  • realise,
  • sponsored,
  • avowed,
  • Condescended,
  • Forwarded,
  • assumed,
  • Ached,
  • bestride,
  • checked,
  • admired,
  • Bracketed,
  • Indorsed,
  • Contributed,
  • Braved,
  • Housed,
  • permitted,
  • founded on,
  • held out against,
  • dependent,
  • Chocked,
  • Brooked,
  • rest on,
  • Suffered,
  • Behaved,
  • nourished,
  • Detained,
  • Shopped,
  • halted,
  • favourite,
  • disobey,
  • Championed,
  • lie on,
  • sent,
  • guaranteed,
  • condensed,
  • Reared,
  • Boosted,
  • restrained,
  • stuck to,
  • proper,
  • Strutted,
  • continued,
  • rested,
  • conducted,
  • Obtained,
  • acclaimed,
  • seemly,
  • concentrated,
  • reasserted,
  • sanctioned,
  • decorous,
  • Allowed,
  • realize,
  • subscribed,
  • Nurtured,
  • Tolerated,
  • held,
  • arrested,
  • advanced,
  • acquitted,
  • granted,
  • trussed,
  • be supported,
  • posted,
  • authorized,
  • subsidized,
  • Adjudged,
  • lifted,
  • booked,
  • harboured,
  • create,
  • reserved,
  • Persisted,
  • Staked,
  • stand on,
  • Backboned,
  • adopted,
  • allow,
  • Countersigned,
  • heartened,
  • stood by,
  • fouled,
  • moderated,
  • supportive,
  • based,
  • punted,
  • expected,
  • step on,
  • Solaced,
  • Carried,
  • Racked,
  • Cheered,
  • Rewarded,
  • staffed,
  • decent,
  • Grounded,
  • maintain,
  • Stomached,
  • sit on,
  • Succeeded,
  • Prevailed,
  • applied,
  • Beamed,
  • suspended,
  • padded,
  • well-thought-of,
  • be based on,
  • Erected.

How to use «Supported» in context?

Paraphrases for Supported:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past tense
    Helped.
  • Verb, past participle
    Helped.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    tosupported.
  • Verb, past participle
    buttressed.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    admissible, compatible, subsidised, subsidized, supportive, supports, backward-compatible.
  • Proper noun, singular
    admitted, compatible, financed, subsidized, supportive, sustained, releases, welcomes, tables, settings.
  • Noun, plural
    auspices, compatible, supportive, Constituencies, supporters, accords, advocates, sponsors, uses, proponents, individuals.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    compatible.
  • Verb, past tense
    accede, accompanied, acknowledged, added, adhere, admitted, adopted, advised, affirmed, agreement, alleged, applied, appreciated, approving, asserted, associate, assumed, assured, attached, authorized, available, backup, based, be, before, bore, broke, built, called, commissioned, completed, conceded, concluded, conducted, confirmed, congratulate, consensus, considered, consolidated, contained, contented, continued, contracted, convinced, corroborated, decided, declared, demonstrated, desired, divided, drew, drove, eased, emphasized, empowered, equal, established, estimated, experienced, expressed, extended, facilitate, facilitated, favored, favourable, fed, felt, filled, financed, financing, focused, formed, fostered, fostering, found, founded, granted, held, identified, implemented, imposed, included, informed, joined, just, led, lent, like, liked, linked, live, loved, made, maintained, nominated, noted, notice, observed, okay, opinion, opposed, organised, organized, outlined, paid, para, played, pointed, positively, preferred, presented, produced, project, pronounced, proposed, proved, pulled, pursued, put, raised, ratified, reasoned, received, recognised, recognized, recommended, reinforced, reported, requested, required, reservation, retained, revealed, ruled, said, saw, secured, selected, shared, sharing, signed, split, spoke, stated, stopped, stressed, subscribed, subsidised, subsidized, substantiated, suggested, thanks, through, underpin, used, wanted, warranted, welcomed, won, Acceded, Accounted, Adhered, Advocated, Aimed, Amounted, Annexed, Appealed, Applauded, Argued, Asked, Aye, Was, Believed, Beneficiaries, Benefited, Bolstered, Boosted, Bought, Brought, Carried, Championed, Chose, Claimed, Defended, Deployed, Did, Echoed, Embraced, Endured, Enjoyed, Entered, Espoused, Explained, Filed, Flew, Followed, Furthered, Gave, Got, Had, Hoped, Incurred, Indicated, Insisted, Introduced, Lived, Loaned, Lobbied, Met, Mended, Mentioned, Nurtured, Operated, Participated, Passed, Performed, Piloted, Ran, Reached, Reiterated, Relied, Remained, Replied, Responded, Resulted, Seconded, Served, Took, Teamed, Told, Testified, Towards, Undertook, Urged, Voted, Were, Wished, Worked, Wrote, shares, Totalled, Commented, Complained, Condoned, Concurred, Congratulated, Contended, Contributed, Cooperated, Corresponded, Promoted, Promoting, Purchased, Pushed, Spurred, Stipulated, Suffered, Supplemented, Supplied, Swore, associates, underlined, submits, hailed, countered, showed, collaborated, ensured, champions, hosted, fuelled, reaffirmed, opted, complemented, highlighted, partnered, resourced, Favoured, per, ‘il.
  • Verb, past participle
    absorbed, accession, accompanied, accredited, acknowledged, added, addicted, addressed, adherence, admitted, adopted, advised, affected, affirmed, agreement, aligned, alleged, applied, armed, ascertained, asserted, assigned, associated, assumed, assured, attached, attested, augmented, authorized, available, balanced, based, become, born, bottomed, bound, built, called, capacity, centred, certified, checked, cherished, chosen, collected, combined, come, commissioned, compatible, completed, composed, conceded, concluded, conducted, confessed, confirmed, conjugated, connected, consensus, considered, consolidated, contained, continued, contribute, controlled, converted, coordinated, corroborated, coupled, credited, dedicated, deducted, defined, demonstrated, derived, described, designed, desired, determined, developed, devoted, directed, distribution, divided, documented, done, drawn, driven, elaborated, emphasised, emphasized, employed, enclosed, engaged, enrolled, entitled, equipped, established, evidenced, executed, expanded, expected, experienced, expressed, extended, faced, facilitated, favored, favourable, fed, filled, financed, fired, focused, forbidden, fostered, found, founded, framed, framework, fueled, fulfilled, gathered, given, gone, governed, government, granted, guaranteed, guided, handled, harmonized, have, headed, heard, held, hidden, identified, illustrated, impeded, implemented, imposed, improved, inclined, included, incorporated, informed, initiated, inspired, instructed, insured, integrated, intensified, invested, joined, justifiable, justified, kept, known, learned, led, lent, limited, linked, made, maintained, matched, motivated, needed, nominated, noted, observed, opposed, organised, organized, paid, para, perceived, placed, planned, played, posed, powered, preferred, prepared, presented, preserved, produced, programme, prohibited, pronounced, proposed, protected, proved, proven, pulled, punished, pursued, put, qualified, raised, ratified, reasoned, received, recognised, recognized, recommended, reconciled, referenced, reflected, registered, regulated, reinforced, rejected, remunerated, repeated, reported, represented, required, resolved, respected, retained, rooted, routed, ruled, run, said, sanctioned, sat, satisfied, scheduled, search, seated, secured, seen, selected, sent, serviced, shared, sheltered, shouldered, signed, specified, spent, split, spoken, stated, stimulated, strategy, stressed, structured, subscribed, subsidised, subsidized, substantiated, suggested, suited, taken, tested, thank, thanks, transposed, turned, unaccompanied, uncorroborated, unfunded, used, validated, verified, wanted, warranted, welcomed, witnessed, won, works, worn, Abetted, Acceded, Accommodated, Accorded, Accounted, Achieved, Acted, Activities, Adhered, Administered, Advocated, Afforded, Aimed, Anchored, Annexed, Appended, Argued, Assessed, Attracted, Audited, Been, Believed, Benefited, Bolstered, Boosted, Bought, Brought, Buoyed, Canvassed, Cared, Carried, Caught, Championed, Channelled, Claimed, Deemed, Defended, Demanded, Deployed, Discussed, Echoed, Embraced, Endured, Energized, Enjoyed, Enriched, Enshrined, Entered, Escorted, Espoused, Explained, Extracted, Fought, Flanked, Followed, Forwarded, Furthered, Gained, Generated, Got, Greeted, Grounded, Had, Happened, Housed, Incurred, Indicated, Inducted, Insisted, Introduced, Issued, Launched, Lived, Loaned, Managed, Met, Mentioned, Nurtured, Obtained, Occurred, Operated, Overseen, Participated, Passed, Performed, Pleaded, Reached, Regarded, Relied, Remained, Rendered, Replicated, Responded, Resulted, Resumed, Seconded, Sentenced, Served, Shored, Shown, Sided, Told, Tolerated, Translated, Undergone, Underpinned, Undertaken, Underwritten, Urged, Voted, Watched, Withstood, Worked, Condoned, Contended, Contributed, Convened, Cooperated, Counted, Countenanced, Created, Preached, Predicated, Premised, Promoted, Prompted, Purchased, Pushed, Spurred, Subjected, Subtended, Suffered, Supplemented, Supplied, complimented, finalized, campaigned, projects, partnerships, ensured, committees, allocated, researched, items, hosted, heartened, withheld, fuelled, reconfirmed, reaffirmed, mentored, staffed, complemented, highlighted, hospitalized, relayed, underscored, resourced, monitored, laid, Favoured, doubled, follow-up, underlain, co-sponsored, co-financed.
  • Verb, base form
    ally, argue, backstop, bolster, buttress, countenance, espouse, favor, substantiate, underpin.

• Other Related

  • Cardinal number
    support.
  • Adjective
    support.
  • Proper noun, singular
    support, supports.
  • Noun, plural
    support, supports.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    support.
  • Verb, past tense
    compatible, encourage, encouraging, engaged, supportive, sustained, Stood.
  • Verb, past participle
    sustained, Stood.
  • Verb, base form
    sponsor.