22 entries under backbone topic. ×

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supporter(noun, support, stay, advocate, fan)
10
upholder(noun, support, stay, advocate, fan)
8
maintainer(noun, support, stay, partisan, pillar)
4
brace(noun, support, stay, advocate, fan)
4
mainstay(noun, support, stay, advocate, prop)
3
support(noun, stay, bar, fan, follower)
2
buttress(noun, support, stay, bar, prop)
2
crutch(noun, support, prop, pillar)
2
prop(noun, support, stay, advocate, partisan)
2
spine(support, prop)
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staff(noun, support, stay, bar, prop)
2
standby(noun, support, prop, pillar)
2
stay(noun, support, advocate, prop, partisan)
1
anchor(noun, support, rock, prop, pillar)
1
bulwark(noun, support, rock, prop, pillar)
1
chief support(noun, expression, support, prop, pillar)
1
good right arm(noun, expression, support, prop, pillar)
1
linchpin(noun, support, prop, pillar)
1
pillar(noun, support, stay, advocate, fan)
1
sinew(noun, support, prop, pillar)
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