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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upright support |
| Synonyms: | column, doorpost, leg, mast, newel, pale, palisade, panel, pedestal, picket, pile, pillar, pole, prop, rail, shaft, stake, standard, stilt, stock, stud |
| Main Entry: | reinforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen, augment |
| Synonyms: | add fuel to fire, add to, back up, beef up, bolster, boost, build up, buttress, carry, emphasize, energize, enlarge, fortify, harden, heat up, hype, increase, lend a hand, multiply, pick up, pillar, prop, prop up, punch up, shore up, soup up, stand up for, stiffen, stress, stroke, supplement, support, sustain, toughen, underline |
| Antonyms: | subtract, take away, undermine, weaken |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, foundation |
| Synonyms: | basis, bed, bottom, footing, ground, groundwork, holder, pedestal, pediment, pillar, prop, seat, seating, shelf, stand, stay, support, trestle |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that holds up structure |
| Synonyms: | abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means, medium, pillar, platform, pole, post, prop, rampart, reinforcement, rest, rib, rod, shore, stake, stanchion, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, substratum, substructure, sustentation, timber, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | support/supporter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who helps another |
| Synonyms: | adherent, advocate, ally, angel*, apologist, backbone, backer, benefactor, champion, cohort, comforter, confederate, coworker, defender, disciple, endorser, espouser, exponent, expounder, fan, follower, friend, helper, mainstay, maintainer, partisan, patron, pillar, preserver, prop, proponent, satellite, second, sponsor, stalwart, stay, subscriber, supporter, sustainer, tower of strength, upholder, well-wisher |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very high building or building part |
| Synonyms: | belfry, castle, citadel, cloud buster, column, fort, fortification, fortress, high rise, keep, lookout, mast, minaret, monolith, obelisk, pillar, refuge, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, turret |
| Main Entry: | supporter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advocate |
| Synonyms: | abettor, abider, adherent, ally, bearer, booster, brace, defender, exponent, follower, paraclete, patron, pillar, proponent, seconder, support, suspender, sustainer, upholder |
| Antonyms: | adversary, opponent |
| Main Entry: | reinforcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | beefing up, brace, buttress, coating, column, pillar, prop |
| Main Entry: | stud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | post |
| Synonyms: | beam, brace, button, dot, peg, pillar, pin |
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