DICTOMETER

SUPPORTING

1. Synonyms:
   • Support
   • Supporting
   Definitions:
   • the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
   Examples:
   • He leaned against the wall for support
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Support
   • Back up
   Definitions:
   • give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
   Examples:
   • She supported him during the illness
   • Her children always backed her up
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Support
   Definitions:
   • support materially or financially
   Examples:
   • He does not support his natural children
   • The scholarship supported me when I was in college
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Back
   • Endorse
   • Indorse
   • Plump for
   • Plunk for
   • Support
   Definitions:
   • be behind
   • approve of
   Examples:
   • He plumped for the Labor Party
   • I backed Kennedy in 1960
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hold
   • Support
   • Sustain
   • Hold up
   Definitions:
   • be the physical support of
   • carry the weight of
   Examples:
   • The beam holds up the roof
   • He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
   • What's holding that mirror?
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Confirm
   • Corroborate
   • Sustain
   • Substantiate
   • Support
   • Affirm
   Definitions:
   • establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
   Examples:
   • His story confirmed my doubts
   • The evidence supports the defendant
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Subscribe
   • Support
   Definitions:
   • adopt as a belief
   Examples:
   • I subscribe to your view on abortion
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Corroborate
   • Underpin
   • Bear out
   • Support
   Definitions:
   • support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
   Examples:
   • The stories and claims were born out by the evidence
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Defend
   • Support
   • Fend for
   Definitions:
   • argue or speak in defense of
   Examples:
   • She supported the motion to strike
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Support
   Definitions:
   • play a subordinate role to (another performer)
   Examples:
   • Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Patronize
    • Patronise
    • Patronage
    • Support
    • Keep going
    Definitions:
    • be a regular customer or client of
    Examples:
    • We patronize this store
    • Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Digest
    • Endure
    • Stick out
    • Stomach
    • Bear
    • Stand
    • Tolerate
    • Support
    • Brook
    • Abide
    • Suffer
    • Put up
    Definitions:
    • put up with something or somebody unpleasant
    Examples:
    • I cannot bear his constant criticism
    • The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
    • He learned to tolerate the heat
    • She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Encouraging
   • Supporting
   Definitions:
   • furnishing support and encouragement
   Examples:
   • The anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher
   Antonyms:
   • Unsupportive
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Load-bearing
   • Supporting
   Definitions:
   • capable of bearing a structural load
   Examples:
   • A supporting wall
   Antonyms:
   • Nonbearing