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support
noun as in something that holds up structure
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- 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
noun as in help, approval
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noun as in food, money, possessions for staying alive
verb as in hold up
verb as in take care of, provide for
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verb as in defend, advocate belief
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Example Sentences
Polling shows Trump retains broad support among Republicans, and even some Democrats have decided to stay quiet or move toward the center rather than hold the line.
The amnesia conceit allows the film to highlight its artificiality: painted backdrops, stages that recede into blackness, supporting players recast in multiple roles.
Most of the other people in their support group of parents who lost loved ones to fentanyl have to live with the knowledge that their child’s killer is still out there, he said.
Even though implementing more robust building codes and restrictions on growth could affect Palisades and Altadena homeowners directly, voters polled in those communities supported both ideas by wide margins.
Rep. Adam Gray, a Democrat from Merced, said he supports the Farm Workforce Modernization Act and would like to see a pathway to citizenship for agricultural workers.
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When To Use
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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