Device and Support

Related words

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Show all Definitions

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

Support noun - Any device that bears the weight of another thing.

Usage example: there was no place to attach supports for a shelf

Show all Definitions

Device and support are semantically related in something that holds up structure topic. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Support".

good	good device	good support
special	special device	special support
popular	popular device	popular support
small	small device	small support
Other adjectives: powerful, massive, great, little, main, personal, new, major, magical, medical, tactical.

He begs you to kill him by removing the energy cell that powers his life support, which is convenient for you since you need that cell to power a different device.

Source: Mercy Kill
In Felix the Cat: The Movie , the Duke used floating cubes with spotlights shining out of them as a sort of observation device to support his army of mechanized cylinders.

Source: Surveillance Drone
Since you can always resummon more, you're expected to let them die in your name — and one support power called "Detonate" specifically is described as giving your minion an explosive device, then while he's trying to set it up, you blow the device and the minion sky high.

Source: Diabolical Mastermind

Cite this Source

Support and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/support

Device & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/support>.

Support or Device. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/support.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "device" and "support" have occurred on timeline