Synonyms for supporting
sup·port·ing

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1. support, supportingadjective

   the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

   "he leaned against the wall for support"

   Synonyms:
   support, backup, reinforcement, backing, funding, financial support, keep, accompaniment, reenforcement, bread and butter, musical accompaniment, sustenance, living, financial backing, documentation, livelihood

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, nonbearing

2. encouraging, supportingadjective

   furnishing support and encouragement

   "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"

   Synonyms:
   load-bearing(a), supporting(a), encouraging

   Antonyms:
   nonbearing, unsupportive

3. load-bearing(a), supporting(a)adjective

   capable of bearing a structural load

   "a supporting wall"

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, nonbearing

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1. List of paraphrases for "supporting":

   support, supportive, backing, supports, supported, sustain, endorsing, helping, sustaining, auxiliary, complementary, promoting

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1. Joe Kent:

   Kevin McCarthy is talking out of one side of Kevin McCarthy mouth, saying that Kevin McCarthy supports the MAGA movement, Donald Trump and President Trump's policies, but Kevin McCarthy money is supporting Herrera Beutler and four of the other impeachment voters, it's just part of the GOP grift. So me and the rest of the base, we've kind of heard enough from them.

2. Steve Fletcher:

   I am supporting the resolution because we really need to change how we approach public safety in our city, we need accountability, we need a broader range of approaches other than traditional policing, and 20,000 Minneapolis City residents signed the petition to put it on the ballot.

3. Mayor Carey Davis:

   I think that message that has been put forth is that we do need to be observant and we need to make sure we're not in a position where we are afraid to call something out if we see there’s something that’s out of order or something that doesn't look like it's in place. That's not always an easy thing to do, because there's always that risk of making an improper assessment of something that may appear to be dangerous and really there's good reason behind it, while we believe the pair were radicalized, inspired by ISIS, in carrying out their attack, we continue to investigate whether they had support in any way. To date, we have not charged anyone with supporting the 12/2 attacks, however. The evidence supports the fact that Farook and Malik were responsible for physically carrying out the murders.

4. José Rafael Cordero Sánchez:

   we will continue to be the culprits by supporting these activities that only achieve the exploitation, mistreatment, and depriving the freedom of many species of animals

5. Jennifer Aniston:

   ... This conversation of women supporting women is new, but I think we have been doing it for a long time, when I landed in Los Angeles at 20 years old and I fell into those girls who are still sitting around the table today, they were on a different path.