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Definition of support : A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian ( see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.

Synonyms:

give birth, dungeon, allow, clog up, confine, nourish, actualize, indorse, brave out, ache, bridge over, condescend, digest, instigate, offer, hurt, bide, jump, conduct, subsidy, shop at, reward, rib, patronize, stake, frequent, keep back, last, entertain, concur, take, give, nurture, dependence, pole, fill-in, actualise, protrude, donjon, accompaniment, stand-in, acquit, back down, survive, run on, keep going, game, live, patron, book, life, pay, have got, column, reenforcement, punt, upkeep, foul, musical accompaniment, rod, keep, clog, put up, lining, sanction, funding, contain, hold water, escort, leap out, wear, have a bun in the oven, guide, jump out, alimony, strengthener, backup, shore, obtain, rear, take over, reinforcement, behave, supporting, mount, reliever, incarnate, contribute, take hold, swan, erect, avow, throw, stand out, second, keep up, nutriment, care, oblige, incite, software documentation, endure, championship, concomitant, complement, bear, expect, detain, hold back, sponsor, financial support, realize, project, nominate, embolden, provision, concord, halt, choke off, buy at, birth, advocate, tide over, can, obligate, backer, make, gestate, reserve, tolerate, subscribe to, deliver, yield, check, put forward, stand, comport, supporter, backup man, victuals, stay, plunk for, computer backup, stave, restrain, retain, jut out, harbour, bet on, bolster up, go for, tin, countenance, meet, hold in, co-occurrence, turn out, jut, livelihood, delay, suffer, fend for, sustentation, gage, realise, represent, permit, reassert, moderate, view as, house, carry, lose, deport, arrest, stick up, concentrate, timber, persist, brook, stilt, hold, hold up, nourishment, abide, financing, hold out, financial backing, congest, patronage, set up, shop, reinforcer, back up, collar, payment, bear out, place upright, deem, stick out, have, allowance, fight down, nurse, condense, live on, animation, prevail, assume, domiciliate, sustainment, choke, apply, agree, take for, substitute, brave, swear, champion, post, alimentation, bind, reinforcing stimulus, accommodate, promote, embody, aliveness, living, plump for, bread and butter, subscribe, fight, run, curb, subsistence, provide, raise, die hard, fight back, aliment, maintenance, body forth, pillar, stand up, get, back off, stomach, sign, patronise, withstand, adjudge, weather, rampart, go, defy, remain firm, prolong, nutrition

back, succor, uphold, favor, avail

brace, toughen, enliven, reinforce, fortify, harden, vivify, strengthen, invigorate, temper, beef up, empower, energize

cover, respond, police, answer, counter, rebut, bar, guard, counterattack, protect, return, fend, save, retort, avert, reply, defend, resist, argue, shield, shelter, safeguard, ward, oppose, barricade, backfire, buffer, secure

armor, response, defense, security, wall, argument, aversion, protection, resistance, stronghold, moat, fortress, rebuttal, barrier, countermeasure, harbor

service, comfort, ministration, relieve, motivation, assist, attendant, endow, facilitation, tend, agency, aid, encouragement, endowment, serve, help, sustenance, sustain, benefit, foster, abet, fund, attend, assistance, relief, mothering, minister, mother, facilitate, encourage, motivate

hinge, bolster, prop, underpin, underpinning, buttress, crutch, backing

in defense of, condoning, in favor of

harmonize, marshal, order, array, plot, compose, form, sort, organize, program, adjust, separate, type, settle, unify, systematize, classify, stabilize, cast, collate, chart, sift, class, shape, integrate, group, control, plan, orchestrate, scheme, structure, place, design, regulate, schematize, score, arrange, fix, screen, set, schedule, balance, methodize, pigeonhole, grade, unsnarl, right, rank, subordinate, stratify, frame, devise, prepare, normalize, rate, categorize, mediate, rationalize

connotation, establishment, documentation, exemplification, deposition, proof, declaration, fact, evidence, information, specimen, data, testimony, observation, attestation, indication, corroboration, validation, manifestation, counter-evidence, confirmation, authentication, quotation, statement, illustration, substantiation, demonstration, certification, determination

establish, witness, indicate, exemplify, prove, demonstrate, adduce, exhibit, depose, authenticate, illustrate, confirm, determine, betoken, observe, substantiate, vouch, connote, manifest, evince, document

certify, ratify, attest, adjure, pledge, accept, claim, pronounce, set down, contend, promise, submit, endorse, corroborate, proclaim, approve, declare, express, warrant, state, acknowledge, avouch, admit, maintain, propound, validate, assure, affirm, verify, testify, aver, profess, assert

Usage examples:

• She must be a comfort to me- if I am to have no other- and only know me as her support. - "The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay", Mary Wollstonecraft Roger Ingpen.
• And now you support yourself?" - "The Woman Who Did", Grant Allen.
• Your suggestion that there were two persons in the murdered man's room is interesting, but you have no evidence to support it. - "The Shrieking Pit", Arthur J. Rees.