Synonyms and Antonyms of support
1
to promote the interests or cause of
- though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts
adopt, embrace, espouse
abet, aid, assist, help, prop (up), second, side (with)
backstop, bolster, boost, buttress, reinforce (also reenforce)
advance, forward, further
plug, preach, talk up
bail out, deliver, rescue, save
2
to pay the living expenses of
- a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary
3
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
- pillars supporting the bridge
bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold
4
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
- studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer
5
to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections
- we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them
advocate, champion, espouse
confirm, vindicate, warrant
affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, insist, plead, proclaim, profess, protest, state
argue, debate, discuss
emphasize, stress, underline, underscore
abandon, abjure, forsake, recant, retract, take back, withdraw
reverse, switch
controvert, disprove, rebut, refute
6
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
- new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions
