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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for an idea or cause |
| Synonyms: | advancement, aid, assistance, backing, campaigning for, championing, defense, encouragement, justification, pleading for, promotion, promulgation, propagation, proposal, recommendation, upholding, urging |
| Antonyms: | attack, opposition, protest |
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm, subsidy, sustenance, treatment |
| Notes: | aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant |
| Antonyms: | blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction |
| Main Entry: | auspices |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection; support |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, charge, control, countenance, guidance, influence, patronage, sponsorship, supervision |
| Main Entry: | backing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | abetment, accompaniment, adherence, advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, championing, championship, encouragement, endorsement, funds, grant, help, patronage, reinforcement, sanction, secondment, sponsorship, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, opposition |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nurture, help |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, fostering, furtherance, patronage, promotion, support |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
| Antonyms: | destruction, harm, hurt, neglect |
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, consoling, easement, enlivening, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, inspiritment, invigoration, optimism, promotion, reassurance, reassuring, refreshment, relief, relieving, reward, shot in the arm, softening, solacing, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging |
| Antonyms: | denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | endorsement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support, authorization |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, affirmation, approbation, approval, backing, championing, commercial, confirmation, countersignature, favor, fiat, go-ahead, green light, hubba-hubba, okay, pat on back, permission, qualification, ratification, recommendation, sanction, seal of approval, signature, stroke, subscription to, superscription, the nod, warrant |
| Antonyms: | censure, disapproval, opposition, rejection |
| Main Entry: | furtherance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, backing, boosting, carrying-out, championship, progress, progression, promotion, prosecution, pursuit |
| Antonyms: | blockage, curtailment, delay, hindrance, impediment, stoppage |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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