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backup [bak-uhp] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
backup [bak-uhp]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: auxiliary
Synonyms: alternate, extra, substitute
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: alternate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: substitute
Synonyms: alternative, another, backup, different, interchanging, makeshift, second, surrogate, temporary
Antonyms: necessary
Example Sentences
  • It's a quick backup, since iCloud backs up only whatever data has changed since the last backup.
  • Advance planning and backup systems allow colleges to recover data.
  • Computer servers need costly extra layers of backup.
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Main Entry: alternate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: substitute
Synonyms: backup, double, equivalent, fill-in, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub, surrogate
Antonyms: necessity
Main Entry: alternative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: other, alternate
Synonyms: another, back-up, different, flipside, other side, second, substitute, surrogate
Main Entry: alternative
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: possible choice
Synonyms: back-up, druthers, opportunity, option, other, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub, substitute, take it or leave it
Antonyms: compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint
Main Entry: assistant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: helper
Synonyms: abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, associate, attendant, auxiliary, backer, backup*, coadjutant, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, confederate, cooperator, deputy, fellow worker, flunky, follower, friend, gofer, help, helpmate, mate, partner, patron, peon*, representative, right-hand person, secretary, subordinate, supporter, temp, temporary worker
Main Entry: auxiliary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: supplementary
Synonyms: abetting, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, backup, complementary, contributory, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting
Antonyms: body, main
Main Entry: boost
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: encouragement
Synonyms: aid, assistance, backup, buildup, goose, hand*, handout, help, helping hand, improvement, leg up, leg*, lift, praise, promotion, shot in the arm, support
Antonyms: discouragement, hindrance
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