Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to support
Participle: supported
Gerund: supporting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | support |
| you | support |
| he;she;it | supports |
| we | support |
| you | support |
| they | support |
Perfect
| I | have supported |
| you | have supported |
| he;she;it | has supported |
| we | have supported |
| you | have supported |
| they | have supported |
Past
| I | supported |
| you | supported |
| he;she;it | supported |
| we | supported |
| you | supported |
| they | supported |
Pluperfect
| I | had supported |
| you | had supported |
| he;she;it | had supported |
| we | had supported |
| you | had supported |
| they | had supported |
Future
| I | will support |
| you | will support |
| he;she;it | will support |
| we | will support |
| you | will support |
| they | will support |
Future Perfect
| I | will have supported |
| you | will have supported |
| he;she;it | will have supported |
| we | will have supported |
| you | will have supported |
| they | will have supported |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | support |
| you | support |
| he;she;it | support |
| we | support |
| you | support |
| they | support |
Perfect
| I | have supported |
| you | have supported |
| he;she;it | have supported |
| we | have supported |
| you | have supported |
| they | have supported |
Imperfect
| I | supported |
| you | supported |
| he;she;it | supported |
| we | supported |
| you | supported |
| they | supported |
Pluperfect
| I | had supported |
| you | had supported |
| he;she;it | had supported |
| we | had supported |
| you | had supported |
| they | had supported |
Conditional
Present
| I | would support |
| you | would support |
| he;she;it | would support |
| we | would support |
| you | would support |
| they | would support |
Perfect
| I | would have supported |
| you | would have supported |
| he;she;it | would have supported |
| we | would have supported |
| you | would have supported |
| they | would have supported |
Imperative
| you | support |
| we | Let's support |
| you | support |
Verbs conjugated like 'support'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'support'
apport,
purport,
sport,
subsort,
supper,
suppose,
asport,
colport,
comport,
deport,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to back a cause, party, etc
- agree with, approbate, approve, back, think much of
- to provide assistance to someone or something
- abet, aid, assist, befriend, bestead, come to someone's aid, give someone a hand, grip, help, help out, lend a hand, lend a helping hand, mend, relieve, stead, succor, succour, sustain
- to give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole
- add, assist, bestow, bring, chip in, do one's bit, donate, endow, fund, gift, grant, impart, invest, join, kick in, lend, participate, pitch in, pledge, provide, put up, set forward, supply, sweeten the kitty, contribute
- uphold
- sustain, champion, side, bear, backstop
- endure
- tolerate, undergo, bear, stand, stomach, suffer
- maintain
- sustain, prop, buoy, nourish, nurture, bolster
- advocate
- endorse, back, uphold, further, forward, defend, bolster
Antonyms
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- aid, bolster, cultivate, foster, hold up, nurture, prop up, sustain, spoil, uphold
- To assent tacitly; to weakly and reluctantly agree
- approve, back, object, acquiesce
- to have a contrary or opposing effect or force on
- abet, assist, help, reinforce, sustain, counteract
- endure
- perish, die, fail, subside
- maintain
- discontinue, quit, forsake, leave
- advocate
- oppose, protest, attack, opponent
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, from O.Fr.
supporter, from L.
supportare "convey, carry, bring up," from
sub "up from under" +
portare "to carry" (see port (1)). The noun meaning "act of assistance, backing" is recorded from 1390; sense of "that which supports" is from 1570. Meaning "services which enable something to fulfil its function and remain in operation" (e.g.
tech support) is from 1953.
Supportive (1593) is called "rare" in OED (1933).
2. From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin supportō. See: Latin '
supportō'.
Verbs referencing "support"
Spanish
soportar, Ido suportar.
Sample Sentences
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It is a great and pleasant feature of all such institutions in America, that they are either supported by the State or assisted by the State; or (in the event of their not needing its helping hand ) that they act in concert with it, and are emphatically the people 's. I cannot but think, with a view [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The House of Representatives is a beautiful and spacious hall, of semicircular shape, supported by handsome pillars. One part of the gallery is appropriated to the ladies, and there they sit in front rows, and come in, and go out, as at a play or concert. The chair is canopied, and raised [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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But who, sir, makes the trader ? Who is most to blame ? The enlightened, cultivated, intelligent man, who supports the system of which the trader is the inevitable result, or the poor trader himself ? You make the public statement that calls for his trade, that debauches and depraves him, till he feels no shame [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] towards the water, are the sides, and doors, and windows of the state-rooms, jumbled as oddly together as though they formed a small street, built by the varying tastes of a dozen men: the whole is supported on beams and pillars resting on a dirty barge, but a few inches above the water 's edge: and in the narrow space between this upper structure and this barge 's deck, are the furnace fires and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the floor of the Council chamber, by James R. Vinyard, Member from Grant county. The affair grew out of a nomination for Sheriff of Grant county. Mr. E. S. Baker was nominated and supported by Mr. Arndt. This nomination was opposed by Vinyard, who wanted the appointment to vest in his own brother. In the course of debate, the deceased made some statements which Vinyard pronounced [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Marie, whose nervous system had been enervated by a constant course of self-indulgence, had nothing to support the terror of the shock, and, at the time her husband breathed his last, was passing from one fainting fit to another; and he to whom she had been joined in the mysterious tie of marriage passed [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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She found Marie reclining at length upon a lounge, supporting herself on one elbow by pillows, while Jane, who had been out shopping, was displaying before her certain samples of thin black stuffs.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] been large and handsome. It was built in a manner common at the South; a wide verandah of two stories running round every part of the house, into which every outer door opened, the lower tier being supported by brick pillars.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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But, sir, you can't be serious if you 're supporting the fundraiser,
(Tale of the Forest Unicorn)
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Do you have the supporting documentation necessary ?
(The Compatriots)