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Synonyms for support
Synonyms for support: keep, backing and subscribe. 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 3 synonyms for support
Interchangeable with support, one per sense
Audited under support's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one support carries in that sense.
- keepnoun, in the sense "the financial means whereby one lives"
- backingnoun, in the sense "financial resources provided to make some project possible"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name support as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- subscribesubscribe is a verb in the sense "adopt as a belief"
two of these come from support's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the financial means whereby one lives
He applied to the state for support.
The true synonym
keep
Same sentence, swapped: He applied to the state for keep.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- favor
- watch
- welcome
financial resources provided to make some project possible
The foundation provided support for the experiment.
The true synonym
backing
Same sentence, swapped: The foundation provided backing for the experiment.
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.
- living
- accompaniment
- bear
Where support turns up in the game
support is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where support is the trap
Play support
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so support 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 money is the company support keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. support carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.