Buttressing

Synonyms for "buttressing" (43 found)

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Closest matches (9)

affirmation attestation bank beam bearing breakwater

Noun(3 words)

backing bolster bracing

Strong matches (13)

bulwark burdened carrying certification confirmation documentation embankment fortification groin holding jetty

Noun(2 words)

buttress corroboration

Related words (21)

jutty mole pier proof rampart ratificationretaining wallseawall shoulder strengthening supportive sustaining

Noun(9 words)

prop reinforce reinforcement reinforcingshore upsubstantiating support supporting verification

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More general

9 entries

architectural featurearchitectural termargumentation techniqueevidence justificationrhetorical devicestructural descriptorstructural supportsupport

More specific

13 entries

bracecorroborating datacorroborationdiagonal buttressempirical evidenceevidential buttressingflying buttressfunding oversightpier buttressproptheoretical buttressingvalidation

Collocations

14 entries

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Inflections

2 entries

buttressed buttresses

Derivations

5 entries

buttress buttressed buttressingly buttressings buttressment

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