support




support - noun

  • the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
  • aiding the cause or policy or interests of
  • something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
  • a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
  • documentary validation
  • the financial means whereby one lives
  • supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
  • the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  • a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
  • any device that bears the weight of another thing
  • financial resources provided to make some project possible

  • support - verb

    • give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
    • support materially or financially
    • be behind; approve of
    • be the physical support of; carry the weight of
    • establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    • adopt as a belief
    • support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
    • argue or speak in defense of
    • play a subordinate role to (another performer)
    • be a regular customer or client of
    • put up with something or somebody unpleasant

    support - thesaurus

    abide   accompaniment   affirm   back   backing   backup   bear   brook   confirm   corroborate   defend   digest   documentation   endorse   endure   funding   hold   indorse   keep   livelihood   living   patronage   patronise British English spelling   patronize American English spelling   reenforcement   reinforcement   stand   stomach   subscribe   substantiate   suffer   supporting   sustain   sustenance   tolerate   underpin  

    Scrabble score for support

    s is 1 u is 1 p is 3 p is 3 o is 1 r is 1 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 11

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