buttress | Definition of buttress

buttress

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of buttress

1 to hold up or serve as a foundation for

a brace buttressed the wall

Synonyms of buttress

bear, bolster, brace, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold

Words Related to buttress

steady, truss, underlie

2 to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)

a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case

Synonyms of buttress

back, bolster, corroborate, reinforce (also reenforce), shore (up), substantiate, support

Words Related to buttress

confirm, establish, prove, verify

affirm, avouch, validate

Near Antonyms of buttress

undercut, undermine, weaken