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moral support

mor·al sup·port
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mawr-uh l, mor- suh-pawrt, -pohrt]
    • /ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr- səˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mawr-uh l, mor- suh-pawrt, -pohrt]
    • /ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr- səˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt/

Definitions of moral support words

  • noun moral support emotional assistance, encouragement 1
  • noun moral support If you give someone moral support, you encourage them in what they are doing by expressing approval. 0

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Parts of speech for Moral support

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

moral support popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for moral support

noun moral support

  • backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
  • assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • loyalty — the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.
  • protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
  • relief — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.

Antonyms for moral support

noun moral support

  • hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
  • hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
  • ill will — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
  • stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.

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