Synonyms of word support

  • backing
  • abutment
  • agency
  • back
  • base
  • bed
  • bedding
  • block
  • brace
  • buttress
  • collar
  • column
  • cornerstone
  • device
  • flotation
  • foothold
  • footing
  • foundation
  • fulcrum
  • groundwork
  • guide
  • hold
  • lining
  • means
  • medium
  • pillar
  • platform
  • pole
  • post
  • prop
  • rampart
  • reinforcement
  • rest
  • rib
  • rod
  • shore
  • stake
  • stanchion
  • stave
  • stay
  • stiffener
  • stilt
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • sustentation
  • timber
  • underpinning
  • aid
  • assistance
  • backing
  • encouragement
  • loyalty
  • protection
  • relief
  • assist
  • blessing
  • championship
  • comfort
  • friendship
  • furtherance
  • hand
  • lift
  • patronage
  • succor
  • sustenance
  • moral support
  • care
  • payment
  • relief
  • responsibility
  • subsidy
  • alimentation
  • alimony
  • allowance
  • keep
  • livelihood
  • living
  • maintenance
  • necessities
  • nutriment
  • provision
  • stock
  • stores
  • subsistence
  • sustenance
  • upkeep
  • victuals
  • bolster
  • hold
  • reinforce
  • uphold
  • base
  • bear
  • bed
  • bottom
  • brace
  • buttress
  • carry
  • cradle
  • crutch
  • embed
  • found
  • ground
  • mainstay
  • poise
  • prop
  • shore
  • shoulder
  • stand
  • stay
  • strut
  • sustain
  • undergird
  • be a foundation for
  • keep from falling
  • keep up
  • shore up
  • upbear
  • back
  • encourage
  • finance
  • fund
  • maintain
  • raise
  • set up
  • sponsor
  • strengthen
  • subsidize
  • uphold
  • angel
  • bankroll
  • chaperon
  • cherish
  • feed
  • fortify
  • foster
  • guard
  • keep
  • nourish
  • nurse
  • prop
  • stake
  • stiffen
  • stroke
  • succor
  • sustain
  • underwrite
  • attend to
  • be a source of strength
  • bring up
  • buoy up
  • care for
  • earn one’s keep
  • give a leg up
  • keep an eye on
  • look after
  • make a living
  • pay expenses of
  • pay for
  • pick up the check
  • put up money for
  • aid
  • approve
  • assist
  • back
  • bolster
  • boost
  • endorse
  • establish
  • help
  • hold
  • justify
  • maintain
  • promote
  • side with
  • uphold
  • abet
  • advance
  • carry
  • champion
  • cheer
  • comfort
  • countenance
  • forward
  • foster
  • second
  • stay
  • substantiate
  • sustain
  • verify
  • agree with
  • bear out
  • boost morale
  • get behind
  • go along with
  • go to bat for
  • keep up
  • plead for
  • pull for
  • put forward
  • rally round
  • stand behind
  • stand up for
  • stick by
  • stick up for
  • take one’s side
  • take the part of
  • throw in one’s lot with
  • throw in with
  • abide
  • continue
  • maintain
  • take
  • tolerate
  • bear
  • brook
  • countenance
  • go
  • handle
  • stand
  • stomach
  • submit
  • suffer
  • swallow
  • undergo
  • bear with
  • carry on
  • go through
  • keep up
  • live with
  • put up with
  • stand for
  • stay the course
  • stick it out
  • sweat out
  • wait out

On this page you’ll find 634 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to support, such as: backing, abutment, agency, back, base, and bed.

  • hindrance
  • hurt
  • injury
  • ill will
  • stoppage
  • block
  • disapproval
  • discouragement
  • frustration
  • opposition
  • stop
  • entertainment
  • fun
  • neglect
  • block
  • disapproval
  • discouragement
  • frustration
  • opposition
  • stop
  • undermine
  • weaken
  • drop
  • fall
  • let go
  • refuse
  • contradict
  • disapprove
  • let down
  • neglect
  • oppose
  • reject
  • release
  • conclude
  • depress
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • finish
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • neglect
  • take
  • weaken
  • abandon
  • starve
  • contradict
  • disapprove
  • let down
  • let go
  • oppose
  • refuse
  • reject
  • release
  • block
  • condemn
  • decrease
  • desert
  • disapprove
  • discourage
  • halt
  • hinder
  • hurt
  • injure
  • invalidate
  • obstruct
  • oppose
  • prevent
  • reject
  • stop
  • undermine
  • disprove
  • impede
  • contradict
  • let down
  • let go
  • neglect
  • refuse
  • release
  • disallow
  • discontinue
  • halt
  • refuse
  • reject
  • stop
  • disagree
  • fight
  • contradict
  • disapprove
  • let down
  • let go
  • neglect
  • oppose
  • release

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What are other ways to say support?

To support is to hold up or add strength to, literally or figuratively: The columns support the roof. To maintain is to support so as to preserve intact: to maintain an attitude of defiance. To sustain, a rather elevated word, suggests completeness and adequacy in supporting: The court sustained his claim. Uphold applies especially to supporting or backing another, as in a statement, opinion, or belief: to uphold the rights of a minority.

How to use support in a sentence

As Andrew Keatts has reported, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and the Housing Commission advocated for state and federal officials to support hotel purchases to house homeless people after the city converted the Convention Center into a shelter.

MORNING REPORT: THE DREADED PURPLE TIERVOICE OF SAN DIEGOSEPTEMBER 16, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

His enemies persistently insinuated that he was really returning to Spain to support the clericals actively.

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WORDS RELATED TO SUPPORT

  • advocate
  • back
  • condone
  • egg on
  • encourage
  • endorse
  • goad
  • incite
  • instigate
  • prod
  • promote
  • provoke
  • sanction
  • spur
  • support
  • urge
  • aid
  • assist
  • assistance
  • encouragement
  • endorsement
  • hand
  • relief
  • succor
  • support
  • arch end
  • bridge end
  • end piece
  • jutting piece
  • support
  • vault end
  • afford
  • aid
  • arrange
  • assist
  • avail
  • benefit
  • bow
  • comfort
  • convenience
  • defer
  • favor
  • furnish
  • gratify
  • help
  • humor
  • indulge
  • oblige
  • pamper
  • please
  • provide
  • serve
  • settle
  • submit
  • suit
  • supply
  • support
  • sustain
  • yield
  • accords
  • accustoms
  • adapts
  • adjusts
  • agrees
  • attunes
  • bends over backwards
  • complies
  • composes
  • conforms
  • coordinates
  • corresponds
  • don’t makes waves
  • don’t rocks the boat
  • fits
  • goes by the book
  • goes with the flow
  • harmonizes
  • integrates
  • makes consistent
  • modifies
  • plays the game
  • proportions
  • reconciles
  • settles
  • shapes up
  • suits
  • tailor-makes
  • tailors
  • tunes
  • accede
  • accept
  • acquiesce
  • agree
  • allow
  • approve
  • attest to
  • certify
  • defend
  • defer to
  • endorse
  • grant
  • own
  • ratify
  • recognize
  • subscribe to
  • support
  • take an oath
  • uphold
  • yield

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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.

supports waterfront development

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.

refusing to back the call for sanctions

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.

championed the rights of children

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.

upheld the legitimacy of the military action

What is another word for Support?

  • provide for, accommodation

  • profession, accommodation

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