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Noun

documentary validation

Synonyms

• documentation
• support

More generic

• proof
• substantiation
• validation

Noun

a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

Synonyms

• reenforcement
• reinforcement
• support

More generic

• military operation
• operation

More specific

• close support

Noun

the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

Synonyms

• support
• supporting

More generic

• activity

More specific

• dangling
• hanging
• propping up
• shoring
• shoring up
• suspension

Noun

aiding the cause or policy or interests of

Synonyms

• support

More generic

• aid
• assist
• assistance
• help

More specific

• adherence
• adhesion
• advocacy
• approval
• approving
• attachment
• blessing
• endorsement
• indorsement
• protagonism
• reassurance
• sponsorship

Noun

the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

Synonyms

• support

More generic

• activity

More specific

• logistic assistance
• logistic support
• maintenance
• sustainment
• sustenance
• sustentation
• upkeep

Noun

any device that bears the weight of another thing

Synonyms

• support

More generic

• device

More specific

• andiron
• arch support
• back
• backboard
• backrest
• baluster
• bar
• base
• bearing
• bearing wall
• bedpost
• bookend
• brace
• bracket
• bridge
• dog
• dog-iron
• firedog
• foot
• football tee
• foothold
• footing
• gunstock
• handrest
• hanger
• harness
• harp
• headstock
• leg
• pedestal
• perch
• pier
• pillow block
• rack
• radius
• rest
• rib
• rocker
• seat
• shelf
• spoke
• stair
• stand
• step
• stirrup
• stirrup iron
• stock
• structural member
• tailstock
• tee
• undercarriage
• wall bracket
• wheel spoke
• yoke

Noun

supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

Synonyms

• support

More generic

• supporting structure

More specific

• abutment
• architrave
• base
• basement
• buttress
• buttressing
• foot
• footstall
• foundation
• fundament
• groundwork
• pedestal
• plinth
• prop
• substructure
• understructure

Noun

something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

Synonyms

• support

More generic

• influence

More specific

• anchor
• backbone
• keystone
• lifeline
• linchpin
• lynchpin
• mainstay

Noun

a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

Synonyms

• accompaniment
• backup
• musical accompaniment
• support

More generic

• part
• voice

More specific

• descant
• discant
• vamp

Noun

the financial means whereby one lives

Synonyms

• bread and butter
• keep
• livelihood
• living
• support
• sustenance

More generic

• resource

More specific

• amenities
• comforts
• conveniences
• creature comforts
• maintenance
• meal ticket
• subsistence

Noun

financial resources provided to make some project possible

Synonyms

• backing
• financial backing
• financial support
• funding
• support

More generic

• resource

Verb

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Synonyms

• affirm
• confirm
• corroborate
• substantiate
• support
• sustain

More specific

• back
• back up
• demonstrate
• document
• establish
• prove
• shew
• show
• validate
• verify
• vouch

Verb

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Synonyms

• abide
• bear
• brook
• digest
• endure
• put up
• stand
• stick out
• stomach
• suffer
• support
• tolerate

More generic

• allow
• countenance
• let
• permit

More specific

• accept
• bear up
• hold still for
• live with
• pay
• sit out
• stand for
• swallow
• take a joke
• take lying down

Related

• suffer

Verb

adopt as a belief

Synonyms

• subscribe
• support

More generic

• agree
• concord
• concur
• hold

Related

• O.K.
• approve
• okay
• sanction

Verb

argue or speak in defense of

Synonyms

• defend
• fend for
• support

More generic

• argue
• reason

More specific

• apologise
• apologize
• excuse
• rationalise
• rationalize
• stand up
• stick up
• take sides with
• take someone's side
• uphold

Verb

be a regular customer or client of

Synonyms

• keep going
• patronage
• patronise
• patronize
• support

More generic

• foster
• nurture

Related

• keep going
• run on

Verb

be the physical support of; carry the weight of

Synonyms

• hold
• hold up
• support
• sustain

More specific

• block
• brace
• bracket
• buoy
• buoy up
• carry
• chock
• pole
• prop
• prop up
• scaffold
• shore
• shore up
• truss
• underpin

Verb

play a subordinate role to (another performer)

Synonyms

• support

More generic

• act
• play
• represent

Verb

support materially or financially

Synonyms

• support

More generic

• give

More specific

• bring home the bacon
• fund
• patronise
• patronize
• provide
• see through
• sponsor
• subsidise
• subsidize

Verb

be behind; approve of

Synonyms

• back
• endorse
• indorse
• plump for
• plunk for
• support

More generic

• O.K.
• approve
• okay
• sanction

More specific

• champion
• defend
• guarantee
• warrant

Related

• back
• endorse
• indorse
• second

Verb

give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

Synonyms

• back up
• support

More specific

• advance
• aid
• assist
• back
• boost
• buy at
• encourage
• endorse
• frequent
• further
• help
• indorse
• patronise
• patronize
• promote
• root
• second
• shop
• shop at
• sponsor
• undergird

Verb

support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

Synonyms

• bear out
• corroborate
• support
• underpin

More generic

• agree
• check
• correspond
• fit
• gibe
• jibe
• match
• tally

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