Synonyms of backstopping

backstopping

verb

present participle of backstop

as in assisting

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end

the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assisting
• aiding
• helping
• supporting
• backing
• reinforcing
• abetting
• facilitating
• saving
• bolstering
• guiding
• propping (up)
• promoting
• endorsing
• sponsoring
• encouraging
• furthering
• bearing a hand
• rescuing
• fostering
• forwarding
• standing one in good stead
• comforting
• sustaining
• launching
• indorsing
• serving
• championing
• advancing
• attending
• benefiting
• reenforcing
• benefitting
• buttressing
• patronizing
• ministering (to)
• easing
• succoring
• advising
• mentoring
• counselling
• boosting
• nurturing
• profiting
• obliging
• counseling
• delivering
• caring (for)
• bailing out
• emboldening
• favoring
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hindering
• blocking
• impeding
• inhibiting
• interfering
• opposing
• restraining
• hampering
• obstructing
• constraining
• barring
• thwarting
• holding back
• failing
• balking
• handicapping
• strangling
• sabotaging
• disappointing
• frustrating
• baffling
• discouraging
• deserting
• foiling
• letting down
• retarding
• stifling
• inconveniencing
• repressing
• stunting
• damaging
• disheartening
• hurting
• harming
• injuring
• straitening