support > 22 sensesNOUN | 1 | support | The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities |
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2 | support | Aiding the cause or policy or interests of |
3 | support | Something providing immaterial support or assistance to a person or cause or interest |
4 | support, reinforcement, reenforcement | A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission |
5 | support, documentation | Documentary validation |
6 | support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance | The financial means whereby one lives |
7 | support | Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation |
8 | support, supporting | The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening |
9 | support, accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup | A subordinate musical part |
10 | support | Any device that bears the weight of another thing |
11 | support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing | Financial resources provided to make some project possible |
VERB | 1 | support, back up | Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to |
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2 | support | Support materially or financially |
3 | support, back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for | Be behind |
4 | support, hold, sustain, hold up | Be the physical support of |
5 | support, confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, affirm | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
6 | support, subscribe | Adopt as a belief |
7 | support, corroborate, underpin, bear out | Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm |
8 | support, defend, fend for | Argue or speak in defense of |
9 | support | Play a subordinate role to (another performer) |
10 | support, patronize, patronise, patronage, keep going | Be a regular customer or client of |
11 | support, digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, brook, abide, suffer, put up | Put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
support > noun 10, artifactMeaning | Any device that bears the weight of another thing. |
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Examples | "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
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Narrower | andiron, firedog, dog, dog-iron; arch support; back, backrest; backboard; baluster; bar; base, pedestal, stand; bearing; bearing wall; bedpost; bookend; brace; bracket; bridge; foot; foothold, footing; handrest; hanger; harness; harp; headstock; leg; perch; pier; pier; pillow block; rack, stand; rest; rib; rocker; seat; shelf; spoke, radius; step, stair; stirrup, stirrup iron; stock, gunstock; structural member; tailstock; tee, football tee; undercarriage; yoke |
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Broader | device |
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Verbs | support |
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support > verb 1, socialMeaning | Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Model | Sam cannot support Sue |
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Examples | "She supported him during the illness" |
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Synonyms | back up |
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Narrower | sponsor; patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor; help, assist, aid; promote, advance, boost, further, encourage; undergird; second, back, endorse, indorse |
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Nouns | supporter; support; supporter |
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support > verb 3, socialMeaning | Be behind. Approve of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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Synonyms | back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for |
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Narrower | guarantee, warrant; side, pull, root; champion, defend |
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Broader | approve, O.K., okay, sanction |
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Similar to | second, back, endorse, indorse |
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Nouns | support; supporter |
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support > verb 5, cognitionMeaning | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Examples | "The evidence supports the defendant" |
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Synonyms | confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, affirm |
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Narrower | back, back up; vouch; verify; prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew; document; validate |
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Contrary | negate, contradict |
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Nouns | support |
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support > verb 11, cognitionMeaning | Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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Synonyms | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, brook, abide, suffer, put up |
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Narrower | accept, live with, swallow; stand for, hold still for; bear up; take lying down; take a joke; take, undergo, submit; sit out; pay |
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Broader | permit, allow, let, countenance |
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Similar to | suffer |
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