supported
adjUS /səˈpɔɹtɪd/ · UK /səˈpɔːtɪd/
1
Held in position, especially from below.
2
Furnished with corroborating evidence.
- At first his mother treated his theories as the wild ravings of inexperience. But they were so systematically arranged, and his arguments so well supported, that though still in appearance incredulous, she began to fear him.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 81:
3
Helped or aided.
4
Having supporters.
- Antonyms
- unsupported
- Derived terms
- nonsupported, self-supported, supportedly
- Hyponyms
- community-supported, ESA-supported, US-supported