Tom needs to underpin his house as it's subsiding.
Source: tatoeba (5672484)
Underpin
//ˌʌn.dəˈpɪn//
Synonyms for "underpin" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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Translations
50 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- поддържам verb (To give support to)
- подпирам verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- укрепвам verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 支撐 /支撑 verb (To give support to)
Czech
2 entries- podepřít verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- podepřít verb (To give support to)
Dutch
4 entries- dragen verb (To give support to)
- funderen verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- ondersteunen verb (To give support to)
- schragen verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
Finnish
4 entries- pönkittää verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- pönkittää verb (To give support to)
- tukea verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- tukea verb (To give support to)
French
4 entries- soutenir verb (To give support to)
- supporter verb (To give support to)
- étayer verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- étayer verb (To give support to)
German
4 entries- stützen verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- stützen verb (To give support to)
- untermauern verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- untermauern verb (To give support to)
Italian
4 entries- informare verb (To give support to)
- sorreggere verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- sorreggere verb (To give support to)
- sostenere verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
Occitan
3 entries- apevar verb (To give support to)
- estançonar verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- piejar verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
Polish
2 entries- podtrzymywać verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- podtrzymywać verb (To give support to)
Portuguese
4 entries- embasar verb (To give support to)
- escorar verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- fundamentar verb (To give support to)
- respaldar verb (To give support to)
Russian
3 entries- подде́рживать verb (To give support to)
- укреплять verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- усиливать verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
Spanish
4 entries- apuntalar verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- respaldar verb (To give support to)
- sustentar verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- sustentar verb (To give support to)
Swedish
4 entries- stödja verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- stödja verb (To give support to)
- stötta verb (To support from below with props or masonry)
- stötta verb (To give support to)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Mutual respect must underpin any healthy society.
Source: tatoeba (9671557)
You should underpin the mine roof to prevent further collapse.
Source: wiktionary
Public confidence in politicians must underpin our democracy.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.