Synonyms of the word

mainstay

• n. A chief support.
• n. Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.
• n. (nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.

admirer

• n. One who admires.

anchor

• n. (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
• n. (nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain…
• n. (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass…
• n. (heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
• n. Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold…
• n. (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
• n. (television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
• n. (athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
• n. (archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to…
• n. (economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
• n. (figuratively) That which gives stability or security.
• n. (architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
• n. (architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain…
• n. One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
• n. One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
• v. To hold an object, especially a ship or a boat to a fixed point.
• v. To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
• v. To stop; to fix or rest.
• v. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
• v. To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
• v. To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

backbone

• n. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down…
• n. Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
• n. Courage, fortitude, or strength.

booster

• n. Something that boosts.
• n. The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight.
• n. A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
• n. Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
• n. Someone who promotes a town or business.
• n. A member of a booster club.
• n. A booster dose.
• n. (linguistics) A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
• n. (video games) A power-up item.

champion

• n. Someone who has been a winner in a contest.
• n. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
• n. Someone who fights for a cause or status.
• n. Someone who fights on another's behalf.
• adj. (attributive) Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.
• adj. (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
• adj. (predicative, Ireland, Britain, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
• v. (usually of a cause) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for.

forestay

• n. (nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship.
• v. (transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
• v. (transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.

friend

• n. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels…
• n. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
• n. An associate who provides assistance.
• n. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
• n. A person who backs or supports something.
• n. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
• n. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
• n. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected…
• n. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
• n. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
• v. (transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate…

keystone

• n. (architecture) The top stone of an arch.
• n. Something on which other things depend for support.
• n. A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
• v. (transitive) To distort (an image) by projecting it onto a surface at an angle, which for example causes…

linchpin

• n. A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle, so as to secure a wheel.
• n. (figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical…

lynchpin

• n. a pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle, so as to secure a wheel.
• n. (figuratively) a central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical…

pillar

• n. (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
• n. Something resembling such a structure.
• n. An essential part of something that provides support.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of…
• n. The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
• v. To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

protagonist

• n. The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
• n. A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
• n. An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.

support

• n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
• n. Financial or other help.
• n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
• n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
• n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
• n. Evidence.
• n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
• n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
• v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
• v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
• v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
• v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
• v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
• v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
• v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
• v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
• v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
• v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

supporter

• n. A person who gives support to someone or something.
• n. Something that supports another thing.