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Synonyms for backing
Synonyms for backing: backup and support. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for backing
Interchangeable with backing in this sense
Audited under backing's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one backing carries in that sense.
- backupnoun, in the sense "the act of providing approval and support"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name backing as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- supportsupport is a noun in the sense "financial resources provided to make some project possible"
The first group is filed under backing's own sense. The second reaches backing from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
the act of providing approval and support
His vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
The true synonym
backup
Same sentence, swapped: His vigorous backup of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- funding
- mount
- adoption
Where backing turns up in the game
backing is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where backing is the trap
- assistancenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is help, in the sense "a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do", with backing sitting one tile away.
- confirmationnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is check, in the sense "additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct", and backing is on the board beside it.
- admirationnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is appreciation, in the sense "a favorable judgment", with backing sitting one tile away.
Play backing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so backing reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company backing keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. backing carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.