Support synonyms

Bucking up, bear, abet, keep, advocate, attest to, abide, abutment, advocacy, assistance, and backbone are all synonyms for support. Contradict and undermine are antonyms of support. And here are 187 another word for support.

Another word for support

1. carry

  • Bear
  • Bolster up
  • Brace
  • Buttress
  • Carry
  • Hold up
  • Keep up
  • Prop up
  • Shore up
  • Underpin
  • Reinforce

2. assist

  • Abet
  • Aid and abet
  • Aid
  • Ally oneself with
  • Approve of
  • Assist
  • Back
  • Bankroll
  • Be on the side of
  • Champion
  • Contribute to
  • Defend
  • Encourage
  • Endorse
  • Fall in with
  • Favour
  • Finance
  • Fund
  • Give a donation to
  • Give help to
  • Give money to
  • Give one's blessing to
  • Help
  • Prefer
  • Promote
  • Sanction
  • Second
  • Side with
  • Smile on
  • Sponsor
  • Stand behind
  • Stand up for
  • Stick up for
  • Subsidize
  • Succour
  • Take someone's part
  • Take up the cudgels for
  • Underwrite
  • Vote for
  • Vouch for
  • Throw one's weight behind

3. maintain

  • Keep
  • Maintain
  • Provide for
  • Provide sustenance for
  • Sustain
  • Take care of
  • Look after

4. sustain

  • Advocate
  • Back
  • Be a source of strength to
  • Be in favour of
  • Be on the side of
  • Bring comfort to
  • Buck up
  • Buoy up
  • Champion
  • Comfort
  • Console
  • Defend
  • Encourage
  • Espouse the cause of
  • Espouse
  • Fortify
  • Further
  • Give moral support to
  • Give strength to
  • Give sympathy to
  • Hearten
  • Promote
  • Reassure
  • Recommend
  • Solace
  • Soothe
  • Succour
  • Sustain
  • Subscribe to

5. substantiate

  • Attest to
  • Authenticate
  • Back up
  • Bear out
  • Confirm
  • Corroborate
  • Endorse
  • Give force to
  • Give weight to
  • Prove
  • Ratify
  • Substantiate
  • Validate
  • Verify
  • Document

6. endure

  • Abide
  • Bear
  • Brook
  • Endure
  • Put up with
  • Shoulder
  • Stand
  • Stomach
  • Suffer
  • Sustain
  • Tolerate
  • Weather

7. post

  • Abutment
  • Base
  • Bolster
  • Brace
  • Buttress
  • Crutch
  • Foundation
  • Pillar
  • Post
  • Prop
  • Stand
  • Stay
  • Substructure
  • Trestle
  • Underpinning
  • Underprop
  • Upright
  • Plinth

8. keep

  • Advocacy
  • Aid
  • Approval
  • Argument for
  • Assistance
  • Backing
  • Blessing
  • Capital
  • Championship
  • Contributions
  • Defence
  • Donations
  • Endorsement
  • Espousal
  • Finance
  • Food and accommodation
  • Funding
  • Funds
  • Help
  • Keep
  • Maintenance
  • Money
  • Patronage
  • Promotion
  • Recommendation
  • Recommending
  • Sanction
  • Subsidy
  • Subsistence
  • Sustenance
  • Votes
  • Arguing for

9. friendship

  • Assistance
  • Backbone
  • Bucking up
  • Buoying up
  • Comfort
  • Consolation
  • Easement
  • Encouragement
  • Fortification
  • Friendship
  • Heartening
  • Help
  • Moral support
  • Prop
  • Relief
  • Solace
  • Strength
  • Strengthening
  • Succour
  • Tower of strength
  • Mainstay

Support synonyms statistics

The verb "support" has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 2 synonyms with 3 letters, 16 synonyms with 4 letters, 11 synonyms with 5 letters, 22 synonyms with 6 letters, 34 synonyms with 7 letters, 25 synonyms with 8 letters, 13 synonyms with 9 letters, 14 synonyms with 10 letters, 9 synonyms with 11 letters, 10 synonyms with 12 letters, 6 synonyms with 13 letters, 4 synonyms with 14 letters, 3 synonyms with 15 letters, 1 synonym with 16 letters, 1 synonym with 17 letters, 2 synonyms with 18 letters, 1 synonym with 19 letters, 2 synonyms with 20 letters, and 1 synonym with 21 letters, for a total of 177 synonyms for support.

Support sentences

Friends offer support during hardships.

She needs support to succeed.

He stood with support nearby.

They provide support for students.

Family gives emotional support daily.


Similar to support

Word Opposites Synonyms
Distort Clarify, accurately represent Twist, warp
Distorted Clear, accurate Warped, twisted
Discomfort Comfort, ease Pain, aches and pains
Most important Least significant, insignificant Critical, crucial
Opposition Support, agreement Resistance, hostility
Portrayed Hidden, misrepresented Depicted, represented
Portray Conceal, distort Paint, draw
Important Unimportant, inessential, irrelevant Main, chief
Transport Hinder, obstruct Convey, carry
Worthy Nobody, unworthy, insignificant Dignitary, notable
Incorporate Exclude, separate Embody, include
Superficial Deep, thorough Surface, exterior
Worth Worthlessness, insignificance Value, merit
Trustworthy Untrustworthy, unreliable, shifty Reliable, dependable
Unimportant Important, significant Insignificant, inconsequential
Super Rotten, lousy Excellent, superb
Temporary Permanent, lasting Non-permanent, short-term
Contemporary Old-fashioned, out of date Representative, classic
Short Long, tall, roundabout Small, little
Supportive Discouraging, opposed to Encouraging, caring
Unfortunate Fortunate, lucky Unlucky, hapless
Very important Trivial, insignificant Crucial, vital
Report Conceal, ignore Announce, describe
Uncomfortable Relaxed, comfortable, pleasant Painful, not comfortable
Disappoint Cheer, satisfy Let down, fail
Disappointed Pleased, satisfied Saddened, upset
Superior Inferior, junior, worse, low-quality, downmarket Higher-ranking, higher-level
Effort Laziness, neglect Attempt, try
Unfortunately Fortunately, luckily Regrettably, sadly
Comfortable Uncomfortable, tight Cosy, snug
Mortgage Ownership, rent Home loan, property loan
Opportunity Adversity, disadvantage Chance, lucky chance
Opposite Similar, identical Facing, face to face with