Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Support

Nouns
  • support, ground, foundation, base, basis
  • terra firma
  • bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib
  • purchase footing, hold
  • landing place, landing stage
  • stage, platform
  • block
  • rest, resting place
  • groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention
  • floor etc. (basement) Base. supporter
  • aid etc. Aid
  • prop, stand, anvil, fulciment
  • cue rest, jigger
  • monkey
  • stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage
  • sleeper
  • stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger
  • ratlings. staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle
  • bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick. post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster
  • pediment, pedicle
  • pedestal
  • plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle
  • buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment
  • baluster, banister, stanchion
  • balustrade
  • headstone
  • upright
  • door post, jamb, door jamb. frame, framework
  • scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom
  • rung, round, step, sill
  • angle rafter, hip rafter
  • cantilever, modillion
  • crown post, king post
  • vertebra. columella, backbone
  • keystone
  • axle, axletree
  • axis
  • arch, mainstay. trunnion, pivot, rowlock
  • peg etc. (pendency) Pendency
  • tiebeam etc. (fastening) [Connecting medium.] Connection
  • thole pin. board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack
  • mantel, mantleshelf
  • slab, console
  • counter, dresser
  • flange, corbel
  • table, trestle
  • shoulder
  • perch
  • horse
  • easel, desk
  • clotheshorse, hatrack
  • retable
  • teapoy. seat, throne, dais
  • divan, musnud
  • chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall
  • arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair
  • couch, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench
  • aparejo, faldstool, horn
  • long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair
  • lamba chauki, lamba kursi
  • saddle, pannel, pillion
  • side saddle, pack saddle
  • pommel. bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead
  • four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang
  • bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse
  • pillow, bolster
  • mat, rug, cushion. footstool, hassock
  • tabouret
  • tripod, monopod. Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules.
Verbs
  • be supported etc.
  • lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on etc.
  • have at one's back
  • bestride, bestraddle. support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder
  • hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up
  • uphold, upbear
  • prop
  • under prop, under pin, under set
  • riprap
  • bandage etc. Junction. give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations
  • bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed. maintain, keep on foot
  • aid etc. Aid.
Adjectives
  • supporting, supported etc. v.
  • fundamental
  • dorsigerous.
Adverbs
  • astride on, straddle.