undergird

Meaning

1. To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
2. (figuratively) To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
3. To lend moral support to.
4. To secure below or underneath.

Synonyms

brace up

prop up

shore up

support

below

bolster

boost

brace

buttress

carry

endorse

indorse

lean on

patronage

prop

reinforce

rest

reward

second

2nd

sponsor

stand by

stick

subsidise

subsidize

subvention

wedge in

trellis

truss

underlay

underpin

underwrite

stick by

back

🔙

subvent

adhere

base

bear out

Translations

assegurar

per sota

unterwärts

κάτω

au dessous de

subter

subter supter

beneden

daarbeneden

debaixo de

por baixo de

sob

suportar

Etymology

From under- + gird.