📖 Definitions of "Supporting"
- 1
To keep from falling.
"Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform."
- 2
To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
"Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?"
- 3
To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
"I support France in the World Cup."
- 4
To help, particularly financially.
"The government supports the arts in several ways."
- 1
That which supports something else; a support.
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That supports.
🔄 Synonyms of "Supporting"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| supportnoun | (transitive) To help keep from falling. |
| encouragingnoun | Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious. |
| supportive | Providing support. |
| load-bearingnoun | (chiefly construction and civil engineering) Able to support a load. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Supporting"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| encouragingnoun | Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious. |
| bearingnoun | (in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively. |
| load-bearingnoun | (chiefly construction and civil engineering) Able to support a load. |
| backingnoun | Support, especially financial. |
| assistverb | To help. |
| assistancenoun | Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. |
| aidingnoun | The act of one who aids or assists. |
| assistingnoun | assistance; help given |
| aidverb | (transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. |
| adjuvantnoun | (medicine) Of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; specifically (oncology), of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour. |
| helpverb | (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something). |
| auxiliarynoun | Helping; giving assistance or support. |
| facilitateverb | To make easy or easier. |
| enablingnoun | An act or an instance of something being enabled. |
| admittingnoun | An act of admission; an allowing to enter. |
| compliant | Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants. |
| appuiverb | (transitive, military) To prop or support, e.g. by posting troops. |
| providingnoun | Something provided; a provision. |
| endorseverb | (transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement. |
| endorsementnoun | The act or quality of endorsing |
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