Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Usage example: the teenager openly questioned the authority of the town's police force to impose a curfew on residents under the age of 18
Support
Support verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Usage example: new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions
How words are described
| good | good question | good support |
| better | better question | better support |
| direct | direct question | direct support |
| real | real question | real support |
| Other adjectives: little, main, personal, moral, new, major, possible, further. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Old Media Playing Catch-Up: the authenticity of the documents used to support the story in question were first doubted by bloggers.
Source: Film / Truth 2015 -
Double Speak: In one episode, it's explained that 'X has my/our full support' means that the person in question is about to be fired.
Source: Series / The Games - Compare and contrast Quirky Bard, where the character class in question is just not enough to support itself.
Source: Mechanically Unusual Class
Cite this Source
Support and Question. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/question/support
Question & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/question/support>.
Support or Question. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/question/support.
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