Support
Support verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side
Take is a synonym for support in accept topic. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Support", when it comes to topics like endure.
How words are described
| good | good support | good take |
| best | best support | best take |
| direct | direct support | direct take |
| complete | complete support | complete take |
| Other adjectives: popular, real, massive, great, little, personal, new, major. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Who has two legal jobs and an illegal one, to support and take care of his mother who may or may not have disowned him prior to her mental deterioration.
Source: Series / True Blood -
However, if you take enough abuse, you instead see a bruised up Little Mac hunched over trying to support himself with an arm on his knee.
Source: Characters / Punch-Out!! -
Petresun refuses to do this because each surf causes the user to take on traits of the host, so he instead lives on life support to avoid that.
Source: Video Game / Starsiege
Cite this Source
Take and Support. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/support/take
Support & Take. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/support/take>.
Take or Support. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/support/take.
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