backed synonyms

backed

modif.

  1. Supported

    upheld, supported, encouraged, approved, aided, assisted, advanced, promoted, sustained, fostered, countenanced, favored, championed, advocated, supplied, maintained, established, helped, bolstered, propped, stayed, incited, furthered, seconded, prompted, served, endorsed, sponsored, subsidized, financed, underwritten, pushed*, boosted*, bankrolled*.

    Antonyms discouraged, opposed*, obstructed.

  2. Supplied with a back or backing

    stiffened, built up, strengthened; see reinforced.

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