Synonyms for supports


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : suh-pawrt, -pohrt
Phonetic Transcription : səˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt

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Définition of supports

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to aid," also "to hold up, prop up," from Old French supporter, from Latin supportare "convey, carry, bring up," from sub "up from under" + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Related: Supported; supporting.
  • noun something that holds up structure
  • noun help, approval
  • noun food, money, possessions for staying alive
  • noun person who helps another
  • verb hold up
  • verb take care of, provide for
  • verb defend, advocate belief
  • verb endure
Example sentences :
  • Lying down on the stone of the wall that supports the iron railings.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • For, while Pat supports himself, he can do nothing to help at home.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • The other frigates followed, and ranged themselves as supports.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 » by Various
  • But Psychology has also some other supports, specious rather than real.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • The supports, however, while resting, must remain alert and vigilant.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • Who is it that cheers, consoles, encourages, and supports us?
  • Extract from : « Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General » by Charles Lever
  • In losing all the gifts, with all their supports, I found the Giver.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • He supports himself by his work in the summer, and looks like a man of 80.
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 » by Various
  • If the supports continued, his stupendous task was virtually ended.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
  • He binds himself to work for a publisher who harbours and supports him.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook

Antonyms for supports

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