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backing - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | backing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, adherence, advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, championship, encouragement, endorsement, funds, grant, help, patronage, reinforcement, sanction, sponsorship, subsidy, abetment, championing, secondment |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, opposition |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | abet, abide by, advocate, ally, angel*, assist, bankroll, boost, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, favor, finance, go to bat for*, sanction, second, sponsor, stake, subsidize, sustain, underwrite, uphold, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, grubstake, side with, stand behind, stick by, stick up for |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in reverse direction |
| Synonyms: | fall back, recede, regress, repel, repulse, retire, retract, retreat, reverse, turn tail, withdraw, backtrack, drive back |
| Antonyms: | advance, go forward |
| Main Entry: | advocacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for an idea or cause |
| Synonyms: | advancement, aid, assistance, backing, defense, encouragement, justification, promotion, propagation, proposal, recommendation, urging, campaigning for, championing, pleading for, promulgation, upholding |
| Antonyms: | attack, opposition, protest |
| Main Entry: | aegis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | auspices, backing, patronage, shelter, sponsorship, wing* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assistance, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, furtherance, hand, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support, abetment, facilitation |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, hurt, stop, stoppage, thwarting |
| Main Entry: | assistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, furtherance, hand, help, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support, sustenance, abetment, facilitation |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, hurt, injury, stop, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | auspices |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection; support |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, charge, control, countenance, guidance, influence, patronage, sponsorship, supervision |
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, easement, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, optimism, promotion, refreshment, relief, reward, softening, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging, consoling, enlivening, inspiritment, invigoration, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, shot in the arm, solacing |
| Antonyms: | denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | endorsement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support, authorization |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, affirmation, approbation, approval, backing, commercial, confirmation, favor, fiat, go-ahead*, green light*, okay, permission, qualification, ratification, recommendation, sanction, signature, stroke, warrant, championing, countersignature, hubba-hubba, pat on back, seal of approval, subscription to, superscription, the nod |
| Antonyms: | censure, disapproval, opposition, rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approval, good opinion; help |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, account, admiration, aid, approbation, assistance, backing, benediction, benefit, benevolence, bias, blessing, boon, championship, compliment, consideration, cooperation, courtesy, dispensation, encouragement, esteem, estimation, friendliness, gift, good will*, grace, indulgence, kindness, largess, okay, partiality, patronage, present, regard, respect, service, support, token, benignity, good turn, obligement |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, disfavor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | funds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cash reserve |
| Synonyms: | affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread*, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough*, earnings, finance, hard cash*, kitty*, lucre, means, money, nest egg*, nut*, petty cash, pork barrel*, proceeds, property, resources, revenue, savings, scratch*, store*, stuff*, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal*, accounts receivable, fluid assets, money in the bank, money on hand, possessions, profits, ready money, securities, specie, stakes, winnings |
| Antonyms: | debt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | furtherance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, backing, championship, progress, progression, promotion, prosecution, pursuit, boosting, carrying-out |
| Antonyms: | curtailment, delay, hindrance, impediment, stoppage, blockage |
| Main Entry: | insurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection, security |
| Synonyms: | allowance, assurance, backing, cover, coverage, guarantee, indemnity, provision, safeguard, support, warrant, warranty, indemnification |
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
| Synonyms: | advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, interests, investing, smart money, spec, vested interests |
| Antonyms: | divestment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resources |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, possessions, natural resources |
| Synonyms: | assets, backing, bankroll, basics, belongings, budget, capital, collateral, effects, funds, holdings, income, kitty*, means, nest egg*, nut*, property, revenue, riches, savings, sock*, stuff, supplies, ways and means*, wealth, wherewithal*, ace in hole, material goods, reserves, the goods |
| Antonyms: | debt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | financial backing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funding for a project |
| Synonyms: | backing, financing, sponsorship, support, venture capital, financial support, funding, patronization |
| Main Entry: | power base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | home base |
| Synonyms: | backing, constituency, niche, stamping ground, support, territory, turf, home turf, vantage |
| Main Entry: | venture capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for investment in new enterprise |
| Synonyms: | backing, equity capital, support, working capital, VC, risk capital |
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advice, advocacy, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, lift, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, subsidy, sustenance, treatment, alleviation, leg up, ministration, shot in the arm |
| Notes: | aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction, blockage |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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