- 4. Have, hold, keep up, maintain, sustain, preserve.
- 5. Perform, play, act, take the part of, sustain, assume, carry, represent.
- 6. Substantiate, confirm, make good, verify.
- 7. Assist, aid, help, second, patronize, abet, befriend, back, countenance, encourage, back up, succor,
relieve, uphold, favor, shield, protect, defend.
- 8. Further, forward, advocate, vindicate, maintain, defend, stay, assist.
- 9. Accompany (as an assistant), attend, act as aid to.
- 10. Carry on, maintain.
Support, n.
- 1. Prop, stay, shore, supporter, brace, hold.
- 2. Base, basis, bed, foundation.
- 3. Sustenance, maintenance, subsistence, livelihood, living, keeping, sustentation.
- 4. Nutriment, sustenance, food, bread.
- 5. Aid, help, assistance, succor, favor, countenance, encouragement, patronage, comfort.
Supportable, a.
- 1. Endurable, tolerable.
- 2. Maintainable, defensible.
Supporter, n.
- 1. Prop, stay, support, shore, brace.
- 2. Sustainer, comforter.
- 3. Maintainer, defender, aider, assistant, partisan, adherent, follower.