support group

NOUN

group providing support to members

Synonyms

WEAK

12-step group AA Alcoholics Anonymous Weight Watchers encounter group family friends morale boosters safety net self-help group support system therapy

Example Sentences

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This de facto support group has no big inspirational speeches to offer Dusty, just a weary resilience to keep going because, really, what else can they do?

From Los Angeles Times

Set in present-day New Orleans, where filming took place starting in February 2022, we first meet Robert Montague Renfield as he attends a church-run support group to learn how to gain autonomy and start a new life for himself, away from Dracula.

From Salon

Does the average American need a support group?

From Los Angeles Times

“I think us as a team and as a support group need to be relieved as well with him and that he feels comfortable that he’s gonna be back with us soon and in a good place in his mind.”

From Los Angeles Times

Linzi Hanscomb, from the Newquay Refugee Support Group, which is supporting those inside the hotel, said the Home Office needed to improve its communication and provide "certainty" on their situation.

From BBC