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Broader term 8

Approval 76% connected

Approbation; sanction.

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Approving 76% connected

of Approve

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Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Blessing 76% connected

of Bless

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Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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Reinforcement 76% connected

See Reenforcement.

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Resource 76% connected

That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.

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Strengthener 76% connected

One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.

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Derivationally related 6

Back 74% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Back 74% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fund 74% connected

An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

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Fund 74% connected

An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

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Second 74% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Second 74% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Containing whole 2

Frame 70% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Framework 70% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Synonym 5

Championship 92% connected

State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Funding 92% connected

of Fund

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Mount 92% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Patronage 92% connected

Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Support 92% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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