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buttressnoun something or someone to which one looks for supportthe mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times anchor, dependence(also dependance), mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby backbone, sinew(s), spineright handbolsterer, crutch, handmaiden(also handmaid), prop, stayanchorage, harbor, refuge a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something elseafter the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress brace, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, support, underpinning shoringcolumn, pedestal, pilaster, pillararch, bolster, bracket, cantilever, girderbearingcrutch, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, strut, trussbase, foundation, frame to hold up or serve as a foundation fora brace buttressed the wall bear, bolster, brace, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold steady, truss, underlie to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case back, bolster, corroborate, reinforce(also reenforce), shore (up), substantiate, support confirm, establish, prove, verifyaffirm, avouch, validate undercut, undermine, weaken in the 14th century |