| support(noun, verb, hold, maintain, stay) |
| buttress(noun, verb, support, hold, maintain) |
| anchor(noun, support, hold, hope, essential) |
| backbone(noun, support, stay, rock, partisan) |
| pillar(noun, support, hold, stay, rock) |
| prop(noun, verb, support, hold, maintain) |
| brace(noun, verb, support, hold, maintain) |
| stay(noun, verb, support, hold, maintain) |
| column(noun, support, brace, prop, leg) |
| supporter(noun, support, stay, advocate, rock) |
| keystone(noun, support, base, essential, foundation) |
| linchpin(noun, support, essential, foundation, prop) |
| bulwark(noun, support, rock, prop, fortification) |
| crutch(noun, verb, support, hold, maintain) |
| staff(noun, support, hold, stay, bar) |
| apologist(support, stay, rock, fan, partisan) |
| back |
| sheet anchor(noun, expression, idiom, hope, refuge) |
| upholder(noun, support, stay, rock, partisan) |
| bread and butter(noun, expression, idiom, lifeblood) |