All support synonyms
supΒ·port
S s noun support
- maypole β a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
- living β having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- eatables β edible.
- counterweight β A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- confidence β If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
- leg up β either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- backup β Backup consists of extra equipment, resources, or people that you can get help or support from if necessary.
- complicity β Complicity is involvement with other people in an illegal activity or plan.
- backbone β Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- opportuneness β The state or condition of being opportune.
- fulcrum β the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- depletion allowance β a tax allowance granted in certain industries, such as the oil and gas industries, to compensate for the depletion of the oil, gas, etc owned by the company
- hanger β a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- biologic β pertaining to biology.
- medicant β a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- ballast β Ballast is any substance that is used in ships or hot-air balloons to make them heavier and more stable. Ballast usually consists of water, sand, or iron.
- ambo β either of two raised pulpits from which the gospels and epistles were read in early Christian churches
- gatepost β the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
- axis β An axis is an imaginary line through the middle of something.
- amortization β the process of amortizing a debt
- fraternisation β (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fraternization.
- handrail β a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- impedance β Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
verb support
- allying β to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- go through β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- demonstrate β If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- do justice to β to show to full advantage
- angeled β one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- case out β an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- flash on β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- firmed β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- dittoed β the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: β³. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- help out β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- go with β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- mothering β a female parent.
- inked β (slang) Having a tattoo or tattoos.
- bolster β If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- innerve β to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- disciplining β Present participle of discipline.
- hang in β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- initialing β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- counsel β Counsel is advice.
- give the go-ahead β authorize sb to do sth
- check up β If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- girdled β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- double-check β a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- hold together β not fall apart