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Synonyms for supporting

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 2, Treeline

furnishing support and encouragement

The anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

encouraging

Same sentence, swapped: The anxious child needs encouraging and accepting treatment from the teacher.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for supporting as it is used in the sentence above.

bearing
pro
burdened

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Closest first: other words at Treeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.

understandingnounsympathyan inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinionTreelineThinking and knowing2 sensesHas a reason line uneasyadjectiverestlesslacking or not affording physical or mental restTreelineQualitiesHas a reason line unitedadjectivecooperativeinvolving the joint activity of two or moreTreelineSocial lifeHas a reason line unknownadjectiveunidentifiedbeing or having an unknown or unnamed sourceTreelineStates and conditions untieverbloosencause to become looseTreelineContact and joining uprightadjectivejustof moral excellenceTreelineQualitiesHas a reason line urgenounitcha strong restless desireTreelineEmotions urgentadjectivepressingcompelling immediate actionTreelineCommunication

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