Reverse Dictionary: SUPPORT

ADJECTIVES
► SUBLEVAMINOUS supporting, sustaining → 1661 obs.
► SUBVENTIVE giving help or support → 1871
► SUFFRAGANT giving support or witness → a1656 obs.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ADD OIL! expresses encouragement, incitement, or support; go on! go for it! → 1980 chiefly Hong Kong usage
► CLAW ME AND I WILL CLAW THEE scratch my back, and I will scratch yours; support me, and I will support you; stand by me, and I will stand by you → 1531
► MAN FOR MY MONEY, THE the person whom I should choose to employ or support → colloq.
► RAH! ► RAH RAH! used as a cheer, a shouted expression of support or encouragement → 1870 US

NOUNS
► ADHERENCE attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance → 1449
► ADHERENCY the act or fact of adhering to a person or thing; steadfast support, allegiance → 1579 arch.
► ADJUTANCY assistance, agency, support → 1665 obs.
► ADMINICLE anything that aids, helps, or supports → a1556
► ADMINICULATION the process of giving help or support → a1670 obs.
► ADSTIPULATION agreement, formal assent; approval, support → 1598
► AIDANCE assistance, aid, means of help, support → 1593
► ARM a chief source of support or assistance; a prop, mainstay → a1382 arch.
► BACK a following; a body of followers or supporters; support, backing → 1566 obs.
► BACKSET a something in reserve, esp. applied to a store of money or goods held in reserve against an emergency; hence, a prop, a support → 1868 Eng. dial.
► BACKSTAFF a support → 1953 Amer. dial.
► BACK-STAND backing, support → 1548 obs.
► BACK-UP one who can be relied on for support, as in a fight → 1980 Aust. prison sl.
► BEARING upholding, supporting; maintenance → 1548 obs.
► BIOT any kind of support; a walking-stick → 1818 Eng. dial.
► FASTNESS support, help → 1382 obs.
► FAVOUR aid, support, furtherance → c1400 obs.
► FULTUM help, assistance, support → 1000 obs.
► LEAN something to lean on, a support → 1610 obs.
► LEANING-STOCK a support (lit. and fig.) → 1583
► MANUTENENCY the act of holding in the hand or upholding; support, maintenance → 1633 obs.
► RALLIANCE a rallying together; supporting someone or something in a difficult time or situation → 1826 Amer.
► RANCE ► RANSE a prop or support → 1808 chiefly Sc.
► SCOTCH a prop, support → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOTE a prop, support → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► STUT a prop, a support → 19C Sc.
► SUBMINISTRATION ministering support; provision, supply → 1582 obs.
► SUBVENTION the provision of help, support, or relief; an instance of this → 1535 obs.
► SUFFRAGE help, support, assistance, aid → c1460 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABETTOR one who encourages, countenances, or supports another in any proceeding; one who supports or advocates an opinion or principle; a supporter, adherent, or advocate → 1580
► ADHERENT one who adheres to a person, party, or system; a partisan, a follower, a steadfast supporter; a loyalist → 1426
► ADVANCER one who extols or lauds; an extoller, a supporter → a1546 obs.
► ANCHOR a person who provides stability, support, or confidence, esp. in an otherwise uncertain situation → a1425
► BACK-FRIEND a supporter; one who does his best for another → 1818 Sc.
► BACKSTOP a supporter, an accomplice, someone who can be relied on → 1919 Aust. sl. 
► BACK-UP one who can be relied on for support, esp. in a fight; a supporting member of a group or team→ 1990 Aust. prison sl.
► BOOSTER a supporter → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE-HOLDER any supporter or assistant → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BUTTRESS a person who provides essential support; an upholder of an institution or principle → a1450
► FAUTERER an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager → a1662
► FAUTOR an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager → c1330
► FAUTRESS an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager → 1596 obs.
► FAVOURESS a female supporter or encourager → 1616 obs.
► FAVOURITE one who countenances, encourages, or supports; a well-wisher, friend, or follower → 1585-7 obs.
► JACKAL a toadying follower and supporter → 1958 Eng. sl. (Bk.)
► MAN FOR MY MONEY, THE the person whom I should choose to employ or support; the right person → L17
► MYRMIDON a sycophantic supporter; a hanger-on → 1800
► PART-TAKER a supporter, a partisan, an ally, a backer → 1768 Sc. 
► SUFFRAGANT one who gives his suffrage or vote; a voter; hence, a supporter, a witness → 1627 obs.
► SUFFRAGATOR a voter, a supporter; a witness → 1617 obs.
► YELL LEADER a person who encourages and directs a crowd in performing yells in support of a sports team, esp. one appointed to do so → 1892
► ZELATOR a zealous defender or supporter; one who zealously furthers the cause of → 1460

VERBS
► BACK to support → 1870  Eng. colloq.
► BACK ONE’S PLAY to support or defend a person or statement → 1930 Amer. dial.
► BACK THE WRONG HORSE to support a loser → 2004  (Bk.)
► BACKSTAND to support or stand behind another → 1938 Amer. dial.
► BARRACK FOR to support vocally (usually a football team, etc.) → 1890 Aust. sl.
► BEAT THE DRUM FOR to promote or support someone or something → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BESTRIDE to stand over a fallen man in order to defend him; to defend, to protect, to support → 1580
► BUTTRESS to provide support for a belief or argument, a person, an institution → c1400
► CLIMB ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
► DO ONE’S BIT to make a contribution to the common good, esp. in joining the forces in a time of war → L19 sl.
► DRINK THE KOOL-AID to support wholeheartedly → 1981 US
► FAVOURIZE to support, to encourage; to favour, to treat with partiality → 1585 obs.
► GET ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
► GUN FOR to support, to go for → Aust. sl.
► JOLLY FOR to support one’s friend with teasing and banter → M19 sl.
► JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
► NERVATE to nerve, to support, to strengthen → 1682 obs.
► PULL FOR to support actively; to encourage 
► PULL THE RUG (OUT) FROM UNDER to unexpectedly withdraw support from; to destroy the basis of; to betray → colloq.
► RANCE ► RANSE to prop, to support → 1808 Sc.
► ROBORATE to give strength or support to; to invigorate; to fortify → 1533 obs.
► ROOT FOR to cheer or applaud (a sports team, etc.); to support → L19 colloq. orig. US
► SIDE to support or countenance one → 1591 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
► STUT to prop up, support → 1638 Sc. obs.
► SUBPOUELLE to support → a1400 obs.
► SUFFRAGE to vote for or against; hence, to agree or side with, to give support to → 1613 obs.
► SUFFULT to support → c1540 obs.
► THROUGH-BEAR to maintain, to support → 1680