Definition of supporting
adjective:
- furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher". Synonyms: encouraging.
- capable of bearing a structural load; "a supporting wall". Synonyms: load-bearing.
noun:
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support". Synonyms: support.
verb:
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness", "Her children always backed her up". Synonyms: back up, support.
- support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children", "The scholarship supported me when I was in college". Synonyms: support.
- be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party", "I backed Kennedy in 1960". Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support.
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof", "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam", "What's holding that mirror?". Synonyms: hold, hold up, support, sustain.
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts", "The evidence supports the defendant". Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain. Antonyms: negate.
- adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion". Synonyms: subscribe, support.
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence". Synonyms: bear out, corroborate, support, underpin.
- argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike". Synonyms: defend, fend for, support.
- play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act". Synonyms: support.
- be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store", "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could". Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize, support.
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism", "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks", "he learned to tolerate the heat", "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage". Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate.
Related words
accept, advance, aid, apologise, apologize, assist, back, block, boost, brace, bracket, buoy, carry, champion, chock, dangling, defend, demonstrate, document, encourage, endorse, establish, excuse, frequent, fund, further, guarantee, hanging, help, indorse, justify, patronise, patronize, pay, pole, promote, prop, prove, provide, rationalise, rationalize, scaffold, second, shew, shop, shore, shoring, show, sponsor, subsidise, subsidize, suspension, swallow, truss, undergird, underpin, uphold, validate, verify, vouch, warrant.
Rhymes with
courting, exporting, importing, reporting, reporting, snorting, sorting, sporting, thwarting.
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