You are now old enough to support yourself.
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Support
//səˈpɔːt//
Synonyms for "support" (750 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (150)
backconfirmcorroboratedefenddocumentationholdpatronizeanchora-frameabetabettorabideabide withacceptacceptanceaccessionaccommodateaccompanimentaccreditacquiescence
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act a partact outadmireradvanceadvocateaffirmaffirmationaffordafford hopeafford supportaficionadoagreementagreement in principleaidaid and comfortalimentalimentationalimonyallege in supportallotmentallowancealpenstockamenangelannuityansweranvilapologistapologyapplaudapproveargue forarmassentassentationassertassistassistanceassuranceassureathletic supporterattend toattestattestationaugur wellauspicesauthenticateauthenticationauthorizationauthorizeautographauxiliariesauxiliarybaby sitbaby-sitback restback upbackbonebackerbackingbacking upbackstopbackupbandagebandeaubankrollbasebeambearbear outbear upbear withbearerbearing outbeef upbenefitbid fairbidebit playerblockblow tobolsterbolster upbolsteringboostbountybrabracebrace upbracerbracketbrassierebravebreadbrookbuck upbuffbuoybuoy upbuttressbuttressingcanecapitalization
Strong matches (225)
capitalizecarecare forcarriagecarriercarrycarryingcase hardencertificationcertifycervixchampionchaperoncheercherishcircumstantiatecircumstantiationclothecolumncomfort
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commendcomplianceconcurrencecondolenceconfirmationconsentconservancyconservationconservationismconserveconsolationcontend forcontributecooperationcopyrightcorroborationcorroboratory evidencecorsetcosigncountenancecountercountersigncradlecreate a rolecrookcrosstreecrutchcry upcue restcushioncustomdaily breaddefenderdeficit financingdependencedepictdepletion allowancedigestdocumentdoledonateeaseeaseleasementeconomic supportelectemboldenenactencourageencouragementencouragerendorseendorsementendorserendowendowmentendureenforceentertainenvironmental conservationespousalespouseevidenceexponentextrafacefallfanfavorfavorerfealtyfeedfellowshipfigurantfigurantefillfill upfinancefinancesfinancial assistancefinancial backingfinancial supportfinancingfindfollowforest conservationforest managementfortificationfortifyfortifyingforwardfosterfoundfoundationfoundation garmentframefriend at courtfulcrumfundfundingfurnishfurtherfurtherancegeneral agreementgetgirdgirdlegivegive hopegive permissiongive supportgive the go-aheadgive the imprimaturgive thumbs upgogo treatgood officesgrantgrant-in-aidgrubstakeguaranteed annual incomeguardguyguywirehabituatehandhang inhang in therehang toughhardenhave good prospectsheartenhearty assentheelhelphobhodhold out hopehold out promisehold uphypeimpersonateinitialinspireinspire hopeinspiritinvestinvigoratejackjockjockstrapjustifyjustify hopekeepkeep afloatkeep alivekeep an eye onkeep intactkeep inviolatekeep safekeep upkeep watch overkeepinglaplargesselend supportliftlivelihoodlivinglook afterlook out forlook toloverlumplump itmaecenasmainstaymaintainmaintainermaintenancemake a pleamake available
Related words (375)
make fair promisemake provision formannamastmatronizemaulstickmeanmeatmindministerminister toministrationministrymoral supportmothermotheringmountmusic standmuteneck
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nervenominatenot destroynot endangernot expendnot use upnot wastenotarizenourishnourishmentnursenurturenutrimentofficeofficesokold-age insurancepabulumpapparanymphpartisanpasspass onpass uponpat on the backpatentpatronpatronizationpaypay forpay the billpay the billspaying the billspecuniary aidpedestalpensionpension offpermitperpetuateperseverepersonatepierpillarpillowplay a partplay a roleplay oppositeplead forplugplumppoiseportraypostpreparepresentpreservalpreservationpreserveprice supportprobatepromisepromotepromoterpromotionproofpropprop upprotagonistprotectprotectionprotegeproveprovideprovide forprovingproving outprovisionprovision of capitalpublic assistancepublic welfarepuffpullput up withrackraise expectationsraise hoperakerratificationratifyratlinereassurancereassurerebutrecommendrecommendationrecruitrefectionrefinancerefreshrefreshmentrefuteregisterreinforcereinforcementreinforcementsreinforcerreinvigoratereliancereliefrelieveremedyreplenishreplyrepresentrescuereserve forcesreservesrespondrestresting placerestrengthenretirement benefitsribride herd onriggingriposterootroot forrubber stampsafekeepingsaltsalvagesalvationsanctionsavesavingsay amen tosay in defensescholarshipscissors trusssealsecondsecondersectarysecurity blanketsee aftersee toserviceset upshepherdshoeshoreshore upshoringshouldershred of comfortshroudsideside withsidersignsign and sealskidslingsoil conservationsolacesolacementsolesparespare the pricespeakspeak forspeak highly ofspeak up forspeak warmly ofspeak well ofspear-carrierspinesplintsponsorsponsorshipspritstabilizestaffstakestalwartstandstand bystand drinksstand forstand instand tostand treatstand up forstand-instandardstandbystanding riggingstanding treatstavestaysteadysteelstickstick up forstiffenstiffenerstiltsstipendstirrupstockstomachstorestream conservationstrengthenstrengthenerstrengtheningstrutsubmit tosubscribesubscribe tosubsidizationsubsidizesubsidysubsistencesubstantiatesubstantiationsubstitutesubstructuresubventionsubventionizesuccorsuffersuggestsupesupersupernumerarysupplysupportersupporting actorsupporting castsupporting evidencesustainsustain a partsustainersustainingsustainmentsustenancesustentationswallowswear and affirmswear tosympathizersympathytaketake a parttake care oftake charge oftake up withtalktax benefittempertendtender loving caretherapytlctoleratetoughentouttreattreat totripodtrivettrussunderbraceundergirdundergirdingundergounderlieunderpinunderpinningunderpropundersetundersignunderstudyunderwriteupbearupholdupholderupkeepurge reasons forvalidatevalidationverificationverifyvindicatevisavisevotaryvotevouchvouch forwalk onwalk-onwalking gentlemanwalking stickwarm assentwarrantwatchwatch out forwatch overwater conservationweatherwelcomewelfarewelfare aidwelfare paymentswell affordwell-wisherwetlands conservationwildlife conservationwithstandyield
How these synonyms differ
- advocate - 'Advocate' means actively arguing in favor of something, it's support with a voice, not just a presence.
- bolster - 'Bolster' means propping up something that's weakening, it implies reinforcement at a vulnerable point.
- endorse - 'Endorse' is public, you endorse a candidate or a product. It carries your reputation with it.
- sustain - 'Sustain' means keeping something going over time, it's about maintenance and endurance, not a one-time boost.
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More general
44 entriesShowing 16 of 44 words.
More specific
2 entriesAntonyms
7 entriesSynonyms
11 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
9 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
123 entriesShowing 16 of 123 words.
similar
9 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
435 translations across 80 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- ondersteun verb (to keep from falling)
- ondersteun verb (to provide help regarding something sold)
- ondersteun verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- ondersteun verb (to help, particularly financially)
Albanian
4 entries- përkrah verb (to keep from falling)
- përkrah verb (to provide help regarding something sold)
- përkrah verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- përkrah verb (to help, particularly financially)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- στήριγμα noun (something which supports)
- ἔρεισμα noun (something which supports)
- τρέφω verb (to help, particularly financially)
- ἐρείδω verb (to keep from falling)
Arabic
4 entries- تَأْيِيد noun (financial or other help)
- دَعْم noun (financial or other help)
- أَيَّدَ verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- دَعَمَ verb (to keep from falling)
Aromanian
4 entries- aradzim noun (something which supports)
- acumsescu verb (to keep from falling)
- aradzim verb (to keep from falling)
- ndoapir verb (to keep from falling)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- dayaq noun (something which supports)
- dəstək noun (financial or other help)
- dəstəkləmək verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- dəstəkləmək verb (to help, particularly financially)
Belarusian
4 entries- апо́ра noun (something which supports)
- паддзе́ржка noun (financial or other help)
- падтры́мка noun (financial or other help)
- падтры́мліваць verb (to keep from falling)
Bulgarian
4 entries- опора noun (support of structures)
- поддръ́жка noun (financial or other help)
- поддръ́жка noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- подкре́па noun (financial or other help)
Catalan
4 entries- suport noun (financial or other help)
- donar suport verb (to help, particularly financially)
- recolzar verb (to keep from falling)
- sostenir verb (to keep from falling)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 支持 noun (something which supports)
- 支持 noun (financial or other help)
- 支持 noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- 支持 verb (to keep from falling)
Czech
4 entries- podpora noun (financial or other help)
- podpora noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- podpěra noun (something which supports)
- podporovat verb (to provide help regarding something sold)
Danish
4 entries- støtte noun (something which supports)
- støtte noun (financial or other help)
- støtte verb (to keep from falling)
- støtte verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Dutch
4 entries- advies noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- bijstand noun (financial or other help)
- drager noun (set of points where the function is not zero)
- hulp noun (answers and resolution of problems)
Esperanto
4 entries- subteno noun (financial or other help)
- apogi verb (to keep from falling)
- apogi verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- subteni verb (to keep from falling)
Estonian
2 entries- abi noun (financial or other help)
- tugi noun (something which supports)
Finnish
4 entries- alusta noun (something which supports)
- apu noun (financial or other help)
- asiakastuki noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- avustus noun (financial or other help)
French
4 entries- soutien noun (something which supports)
- soutien noun (financial or other help)
- soutenir verb (to keep from falling)
- soutenir verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Georgian
4 entries- მხარდაჭერა noun (something which supports)
- მხარდაჭერა noun (financial or other help)
- მხარდაჭერა verb (to keep from falling)
- შეშველება verb (to keep from falling)
German
4 entries- Abstützung noun (something which supports)
- Auskunft noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- Betreuung noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- Halterung noun (something which supports)
Greek
4 entries- υποστήριξη noun (something which supports)
- υποστήριξη noun (financial or other help)
- υποστήριξη noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- ενισχύω verb (to keep from falling)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- sipòte verb (to keep from falling)
Hawaiian
3 entries- hāpai verb (to keep from falling)
- hāpai verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- kākoʻo verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Hebrew
4 entries- תומך noun (set of points where the function is not zero)
- תמיכה noun (something which supports)
- תמיכה noun (financial or other help)
- תָּמַךְ verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Hindi
2 entries- सहारा noun (something which supports)
- सहारा देना verb (to keep from falling)
Hungarian
4 entries- segély noun (financial or other help)
- segítség noun (financial or other help)
- tartó noun (set of points where the function is not zero)
- támasz noun (something which supports)
Icelandic
1 entries- stuðningur noun (financial or other help)
Ido
2 entries- suporto noun (financial or other help)
- apogar verb (to keep from falling)
Indonesian
4 entries- penyangga noun (something which supports)
- penyokong noun (something which supports)
- sokongan noun (something which supports)
- tunjangan noun (financial or other help)
Irish
4 entries- branra noun (something which supports)
- gabháil noun (something which supports)
- iompair verb (to keep from falling)
- iompair verb (to help, particularly financially)
Italian
4 entries- assistenza noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- supporto noun (something which supports)
- supporto noun (financial or other help)
- appoggiare verb (to keep from falling)
Japanese
4 entries- 扶養 noun (financial or other help)
- 援助 noun (financial or other help)
- 支え noun (something which supports)
- 支持 noun (something which supports)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- apoia verb (to keep from falling)
- apoia verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- apoiá verb (to keep from falling)
- apoiá verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Kannada
3 entries- ನೆರವು noun (something which supports)
- ಬೆಂಬಲ noun (something which supports)
- ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸು verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Khmer
4 entries- គាំ verb (to keep from falling)
- ចិញ្ចឹម verb (to help, particularly financially)
- ទល់ verb (to keep from falling)
- ផ្អប verb (to keep from falling)
Korean
4 entries- 원조 noun (financial or other help)
- 지원 noun (financial or other help)
- 지지 noun (something which supports)
- 지지 noun (financial or other help)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тирөө verb (to keep from falling)
Lao
1 entries- ຄ້ຳ verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Latin
4 entries- firmāmentum noun (something which supports)
- fulcīmen noun (something which supports)
- stabilimen noun (something which supports)
- subsidium noun (financial or other help)
Lithuanian
1 entries- remti verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Lombard
1 entries- poggia verb (to keep from falling)
Lü
1 entries- ᦷᦔᧅᦣᦸᧂ verb (to help, particularly financially)
Macedonian
1 entries- поддршка noun (financial or other help)
Malay
2 entries- sokongan noun (something which supports)
- sokong verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Malayalam
4 entries- താങ്ങ് noun (something which supports)
- പിന്തുണ noun (financial or other help)
- അനുകൂലിക്കുക verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- താങ്ങുക verb (to keep from falling)
Mongolian
1 entries- тулах verb (to keep from falling)
Māori
4 entries- kaumahaki noun (something which supports)
- turuki noun (something which supports)
- whaitaua noun (something which supports)
- taunaki verb (to keep from falling)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uhimilia verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- bistand noun (financial or other help)
- oppslutning noun (financial or other help)
- støtte noun (something which supports)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- oppslutning noun (financial or other help)
Occitan
1 entries- sosten noun (financial or other help)
Old English
3 entries- wraþu noun (something which supports)
- beran verb (to keep from falling)
- wreþian verb (to keep from falling)
Old Irish
1 entries- fo·loing verb (to keep from falling)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دیرك noun (something which supports)
- طیامق verb (to keep from falling)
Persian
2 entries- حمایت noun (something which supports)
- پشتیبانی noun (something which supports)
Polish
4 entries- nośnik noun (set of points where the function is not zero)
- podpora noun (something which supports)
- pomoc noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- poparcie noun (financial or other help)
Portuguese
4 entries- apoio noun (something which supports)
- apoio noun (financial or other help)
- suporte noun (something which supports)
- suporte noun (answers and resolution of problems)
Quechua
2 entries- q'imi noun (something which supports)
- q'imiy verb (to keep from falling)
Romanian
4 entries- reazem noun (something which supports)
- sprijin noun (financial or other help)
- sprijinire noun (financial or other help)
- sprijinire noun (answers and resolution of problems)
Russian
4 entries- опо́ра noun (something which supports)
- подде́ржка noun (financial or other help)
- подде́ржка noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- подде́рживать verb (to keep from falling)
Sanskrit
3 entries- धर्त्र noun (something which supports)
- यच्छति verb (to keep from falling)
- यच्छति verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- taic noun (something which supports)
- taic noun (financial or other help)
- seas verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pòdrška noun (financial or other help)
- pȍtpora noun (something which supports)
- pȍtpora noun (financial or other help)
- pȍtpōranj noun (something which supports)
Sidamo
1 entries- irko noun (something which supports)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐྱོར verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Slovak
2 entries- podpora noun (something which supports)
- podpora noun (financial or other help)
Slovene
2 entries- podpora noun (something which supports)
- podpora noun (financial or other help)
Spanish
4 entries- apoyadero noun (something which supports)
- apoyatura noun (something which supports)
- apoyatura noun (financial or other help)
- apoyo noun (something which supports)
Swedish
4 entries- stöd noun (something which supports)
- stöd noun (financial or other help)
- support noun (answers and resolution of problems)
- bära upp verb (to keep from falling)
Tahitian
1 entries- turu noun (something which supports)
Telugu
1 entries- అండ noun (financial or other help)
Thai
4 entries- ค้ำ verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- สนับสนุน verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- สนับสนุน verb (to help, particularly financially)
- หนุน verb (to keep from falling)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pānto noun (financial or other help)
Turkish
4 entries- dayanak noun (support of structures)
- destek noun (something which supports)
- destek noun (financial or other help)
- destek noun (support of structures)
Tày
1 entries- cặm verb (to keep from falling)
Ukrainian
4 entries- опертя́ noun (something which supports)
- опо́ра noun (something which supports)
- підде́ржка noun (financial or other help)
- підпо́ра noun (something which supports)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chống verb (to keep from falling)
- hỗ trợ verb (to help, particularly financially)
- tài trợ verb (to help, particularly financially)
- ủng hộ verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
Walloon
2 entries- subzide noun (financial or other help)
- subzidiaedje noun (financial or other help)
Welsh
1 entries- noddi verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
West-Frisian
1 entries- stipe noun (financial or other help)
Yiddish
2 entries- שטײַערן verb (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid)
- שטײַערן verb (to help, particularly financially)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
At your age you ought to support yourself.
Source: tatoeba (16936)
With reference to your request, I will support.
Source: tatoeba (17035)
I cannot support your conduct.
Source: tatoeba (17165)
Showing 4 of 41 available sentences.
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