All abutment synonyms
a·but·ment
A a noun abutment
- support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- prop — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- strut — to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- bulwark — A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.