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Adjective: supporting su'porting- Furnishing support and encouragement
"the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
- encouraging - Capable of bearing a structural load
"a supporting wall"
- load-bearing
Noun: supporting su'porting- The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- support
Verb: support su'port- Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
"She supported him during the illness"
- back up - Support materially or financially
"he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college" - Be behind; approve of
- back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for - Be the physical support of; carry the weight of
"He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"
- hold, sustain, hold up - Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"The evidence supports the defendant"
- confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, affirm - Adopt as a belief
- subscribe - Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- corroborate, underpin, bear out - Argue or speak in defence of
"She supported the motion to strike"
- defend, fend for - Play a subordinate role to (another performer)
"Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act" - Be a regular customer or client of
- patronize, patronise [Brit], patronage, keep going - Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Derived forms: supportings See also: bearing, supporter, supportive Type of: act, activity, agree, allow, approve, argue, check, concord, concur, correspond, countenance, fit, foster, gibe, give, hold, jibe, let, match, nurture, O.K., okay, permit, play, reason, represent, sanction, tally Encyclopedia: Support |