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support

support

1.0
Help for a person or idea
  • noun
  • /səˈpɔrt/
translation icon : apoyo
  • The community showed great support for the local charity event by attending in large numbers.
  • social support
  • provide support
  • emotional support

The the response, the support has been phenomenal.

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Examples

  • Both teachers and students can benefit from the support of literacy coaches and reading specialists.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Thank you guys for your support, man.

  • Thank you everyone for the support and yeah, thank you.

  • But thank you guys again for all the support and we'll see you soon.

  • But guys, thank you so much for the support and wish me luck.

  • Your support is a huge part of the team's success.

  • We cannot thank you enough for your support, Senator.

  • Thank you everyone for your interest and support.

  • Thank you for your support.

  • Students discussed the importance of peer academic support as a means to support motivation and engagement.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

favor
vssupport
  • US
948 1.0

Good treatment that gives someone an advantage

is broader, including neutral help and emotional encouragement as well as preference
assistance
vssupport
947 1.0

Help given to someone that makes a task easier or gives money

is wider, including emotional approval and encouragement as well as material help
aid
vssupport
799 1.0

Help given to people or places in need

is more general, also meaning ongoing approval and encouragement not only urgent assistance
help
vssupport
356 1.0

A person or thing that makes a task easier

is broader, also covering approval and encouragement beyond practical actions
comfort
vssupport
319 1.0

Things people say or do to make someone feel less worried

is wider, also covering active help, approval, or general encouragement beyond consolation
protection
vssupport
236 1.1

Support from a powerful person or organization that keeps someone safe and helps them succeed

is more general, also referring to simple encouragement or basic approval
blessing
vssupport
96 2.5

Formal approval from a person in charge to allow something

is broader, including informal encouragement and nonofficial approval as well
encouragement
vssupport
89 1.7

Giving support that helps someone feel more confident and hopeful

is wider, also including practical help and formal approval besides morale boosting
helping hand
vssupport
31 1.4

Someone who gives support when you need it

is broader, covering both this personal aid and general approval or encouragement
succor
vssupport
  • Formal
5 9.8

Help given to people in a difficult or dangerous time

is broader, also applying to ordinary approval, encouragement, or nonurgent help
backing
vssupport
1 2.6

Help or approval, often with money, that lets a project continue

is more general and can be nonfinancial emotional approval or simple encouragement
1 4.1

Full loyal help and agreement without any doubt

is less absolute, covering both conditional approval and simple encouragement

Antonyms

250 3.4

The act of resisting an idea, plan, or change

45 3.0

A feeling that shows you do not agree with someone or what they do

Idioms

Kept alive by machines after a serious illness or kept working only with little help

Compounds

111 2.7

Money a parent must pay to the parent who cares for their children after separation to help with living costs

66 2.8

A group of people who meet regularly to give each other help and advice about a shared problem

57 3.2

Equipment that supplies air, water, and other needs in dangerous places

life support
  • Specialized
42 3.4

Medical machines that keep a person alive by helping them breathe or keeping the heart working

35 4.1

Aircraft that help soldiers on the ground during fighting

Money given to help pay for a project, charity, or person

A group of people who help and encourage you in hard times

13 3.5

Help that keeps someone going in hard times, like care from family

life-support system
  • Specialized
13 4.0

Equipment that keeps a person alive by doing the body's most important jobs

Not enough help from people or groups

A team at a company that helps people with problems and questions about products or services

7 3.5

A regular payment one person gives to help pay for a child or former partner

life-support
  • Specialized
6 3.8

Used for machines or methods that keep a very sick person alive

price support
  • Specialized
4 4.3

Government payments that keep the price people pay for a product like milk or wheat at a set minimum

support system
  • Specialized
3 3.4

A set of tools and software that help customers with problems

2 3.1

A part of a shoe that holds up the curved middle of the foot

1 4.4

Stockings that help blood move in the legs and reduce pressure on veins

logistic support
  • Specialized
1 3.5

Help that gives supplies, vehicles, and services for military or disaster missions

support level
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A price where a falling stock often stops because people start to buy it

support column
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A vertical post that holds heavy weight in a building or bridge

close support
  • Specialized
1 7.3

Help for soldiers from nearby troops that attack the enemy

1 6.4

Help from one government department to another with things like transport or paperwork

Full loyal help and agreement without any doubt

A phone line customers call for help with products or services

7.4

Help from one military unit to another that answers the other unit's requests for help

Help given by a company or maker straight to a customer

Actions that use electronic signals to find enemy radar or radio and help commanders spot immediate threats

Help between departments with tasks like moving things and office work

6.6

A system that organizes and shares supplies and support among groups for a joint operation

Agreements between countries to move and share supplies and equipment during military or disaster relief missions

inter-service support
  • Specialized
4.5

Help that one branch of the military gives another with supplies and paperwork

A part of the U.S. Treasury that shares intelligence with officials who work on other countries' money and trade

Information and help to prevent people from killing themselves and support those affected

8.4

A computer program that learns from examples to put data into groups or predict values

8.1

A computer method that finds a clear boundary to separate different groups of data

support stocking
  • Specialized
4.0

A tight stretchy piece of clothing for the leg that lowers pressure in veins and reduces swelling

How Much

support
1.0

Surface Forms

support singular
supports plural

Etymology

The word support comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and portare 'to carry'. So support as a noun is the help or backing people give, like 'carrying' someone by standing with them.