supporting

  • (s) furnishing support and encouragement
    • the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher
    encouraging,
  • (s) capable of bearing a structural load
    • a supporting wall
    load-bearing,

Nouns

  • (n) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
    • he leaned against the wall for support
    support,

Synonyms

encouraging support load-bearing

Words of close approximity

supportive
supporting fire supporting players supporting structure supporting tower