Foil
Foil verb - To prevent from achieving a goal.
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
| good | good foil | good support |
| best | best foil | best support |
| better | better foil | better support |
| direct | direct foil | direct support |
| Other adjectives: complete, effective, great, main, necessary, new, possible, additional, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hoshido and Nohr as kingdoms foil each other as the Revelation support for Azura and the Avatar explains.
Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Fates -
With no support from adults, the child is usually forced to take unilateral action to either foil or prank the babysitter.
Source: Babysitter from Hell
Cite this Source
Support and Foil. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/foil/support
Foil & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/foil/support>.
Support or Foil. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/foil/support.
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