Embrace
Support
Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Usage example: though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts
How words are described
| emotional | emotional embrace | emotional support |
| close | close embrace | close support |
| good | good embrace | good support |
| physical | physical embrace | physical support |
| Other adjectives: full, best, proper, less. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It's usually Merlin and Guinevere who provide the moral support needed for him to really embrace his role as a leader and future king.
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Though, it's also quite likely that there was another famous Bruce used as a civilian identity all the way up to his enemies and locale — it managed to embrace and faithfully support the core idea of the original comic book.
Source: Series / The Incredible Hulk - Interestingly most Kylo Ren/Rey fans will express that they do not support the pairing as it currently exist in the canon, but rather suspect that Han and Leia's son can—through Character Development and a potential HeelFace Turn—embrace the light and begin to atone for his innumerable sins.
Source: Ship To Ship Combat / Film
Cite this Source
Support and Embrace. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/embrace/support
Embrace & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/embrace/support>.
Support or Embrace. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/embrace/support.
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