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Synonyms for shore up

  • verb

Most common

shore prop prop up underpin underfoot undergird

All synonyms

Verb

1. Prop up

prop up, prop, shore

Other

support, stay, underpin, undergird, underfoot, underset rare, embolster rare, underprop rare

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).

    I shored up a geranium with earth after it had flopped over.

Example sentences

  • shore Another ten minutes' walk brought us to the shore.
  • prop He fetched a few cushions to prop up her head.
  • underpin Tom needs to underpin his house as it's subsiding.
  • underfoot Freshly fallen snow crunched underfoot.

By length

4 letters
stay1, prop1
5 letters
shore1
7 letters
support2
8 letters
underpin3, underset
9 letters
underfoot3, undergird, embolster, underprop

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (support2 = 2 syllables).

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