Defender and Support

Defender

Defender noun - Someone that protects.

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Support and defender are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a noun "Defender".

Nearby Words: defend, defence, defended, defensive, defending

Support noun - A structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else.

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Defender and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defender" instead a noun "Support".

best	best defender	best support
better	better defender	better support
public	public defender	public support
complete	complete defender	complete support
Other adjectives: proper, poor, effective, powerful, real, staunch, great, main, official, occasional, local.

Anita Blake is — in the early novels — an ardent defender of zombie rights, and lobbies in support of a Bill of Zombie Rights.

Source: Zombie Advocate
Magick Magic Knight: The Mystic Knight class, which functions as a defender with some support spells.

Source: Video Game / Dragon's Dogma
Along the way, he gets support from his buddy Ozzie and from his new love interest Lindsey, a good-hearted public defender and one of Jerry's students at the gym.

Source: Film / The Hammer

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Support and Defender. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defender/support

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Support or Defender. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defender/support.

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