Supports crossword clue 4, 5, 6 and 7 letters

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For “Supports”, we’ve assembled answers that come directly from published puzzles. They were used and accepted when the same or nearly identical clue wording was featured.

Suggested Answers:

  • PROPS
  • UPHOLDS
  • BACKS
  • TRUSSES
  • BEARS
  • AIDS
  • GIRDS
  • STRUTS
  • RACKS
  • DEFENDS
  • LEGS
  • TABLES
  • RESTS
  • ISFOR
  • HELPS

Synonyms and Definitions

PROPS

  • Synonyms: airplane propeller, airscrew, prop up, property, shore, shore up

UPHOLDS

  • Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, maintain, preserve, uphold

BACKS

  • Synonyms: back up, backbone, backrest, bet on, binding, book binding, cover, dorsum, endorse, gage, game, indorse, plump for, plunk for, punt, rachis, rear, second, spinal column, spine, stake, support, vertebral column

TRUSSES

  • Synonyms: bind, corbel, tie down, tie up

BEARS

  • Synonyms: abide, accept, acquit, assume, behave, birth, brook, carry, comport, conduct, contain, deliver, deport, digest, endure, expect, gestate, give birth, have, have a bun in the oven, hold, pay, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, take over, tolerate, turn out, wear, yield

AIDS

  • Synonyms: acquired immune deficiency syndrome, assist, assistance, attention, care, economic aid, financial aid, help, tending

GIRDS

  • Synonyms: arm, build up, encircle, fortify, gird, girdle

STRUTS

  • Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, swagger, tittup

RACKS

  • Synonyms: excruciate, extort, gouge, scud, single-foot, squeeze, torment, torture, wheel, wrack, wring

DEFENDS

  • Synonyms: champion, defend, fend for, fight, fight back, fight down, guard, oppose, represent

LEGS

  • Synonyms: branch, peg, pegleg, ramification, stage, wooden leg

TABLES

  • Synonyms: board, defer, hold over, mesa, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, tabular array, tabularise, tabularize, tabulate

RESTS

  • Synonyms: balance, breathe, catch ones breath, ease, eternal rest, eternal sleep, lie, perch, pillow, quietus, relaxation, relief, remain, remainder, repose, reside, residual, residue, residuum, respite, rest period, roost, sleep, stay, take a breather

HELPS

  • Synonyms: aid, assistant, avail, facilitate, help oneself, helper, serve, service, supporter