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Defending Against Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for defending against in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of defending against in 22 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for defending against alphabetically.

abet
  • advocate
  • back
  • condone
  • egg on
  • encourage
  • endorse
  • goad
  • incite
  • instigate
  • prod
  • promote
  • provoke
  • sanction
  • spur
  • support
  • urge
advance
  • beforehand
  • earlier
  • early
  • first
  • foremost
  • forward
  • in front
  • in the forefront
  • in the lead
  • leading
  • previously
  • prior
aid
  • advancement
  • advice
  • advocacy
  • alleviation
  • allowance
  • assist
  • assistance
  • attention
  • backing
  • backup
  • benefaction
  • benefit
  • benevolence
  • bounty
  • care
  • charity
  • comfort
  • compensation
allow
  • acquiesce
  • avow
  • concede
  • confess
  • grant
  • let on
  • own
approve
  • accept
  • acclaim
  • admire
  • applaud
  • appreciate
  • approbate
  • be big on
  • commend
  • countenance
  • esteem
  • face it
  • favor
  • go along with
  • grin and bear it
  • handle
  • like
  • live with
  • praise
assist
  • abetment
  • aid
  • assistance
  • backing
  • benefit
  • boost
  • collaboration
  • comfort
  • compensation
  • cooperation
  • facilitation
  • furtherance
  • hand
  • helping hand
  • lift
  • reinforcement
  • relief
  • service
cause
  • account
  • agency
  • aim
  • antecedent
  • author
  • basis
  • beginning
  • causation
  • consideration
  • creator
  • determinant
  • doer
  • element
  • end
  • explanation
  • foundation
  • genesis
  • ground
continue
  • abide
  • advance
  • carry forward
  • draw out
  • endure
  • extend
  • forge ahead
  • get on with it
  • go on
  • hang in
  • keep at
  • keep on
  • keep on truckin'
  • keep the ball rolling
  • keep up
  • last
  • lengthen
  • linger
encourage
  • animate
  • applaud
  • boost
  • brighten
  • buck up
  • buoy
  • cheer
  • cheer up
  • comfort
  • console
  • embolden
  • energize
  • enhearten
  • enliven
  • excite
  • exhilarate
  • fortify
  • galvanize
facilitate
  • aid
  • ease
  • expedite
  • forward
  • further
  • grease the wheels
  • hand-carry
  • help
  • make easy
  • open doors
  • promote
  • run interference for
  • simplify
  • smooth
  • speed
  • speed up
  • walk through
forward
  • ahead
  • forth
  • forward-looking
  • in advance
  • leading
  • onward
  • precocious
  • premature
  • progressing
  • progressive
  • propulsive
  • well-developed
free
  • chargeless
  • comp
  • complimentary
  • costless
  • for love
  • for nothing
  • free of cost
  • free ride
  • freebie
  • gratis
  • gratuitous
  • handout
  • on the cuff
  • on the house
  • paper
  • unpaid
  • unrecompensed
heat
  • calefaction
  • calidity
  • dog days
  • fever
  • fieriness
  • greenhouse effect
  • heatwave
  • hot spell
  • hot weather
  • hotness
  • incalescence
  • incandescence
  • sultriness
  • swelter
  • torridity
  • torridness
  • warmness
  • warmth
help
  • advice
  • aid
  • assist
  • avail
  • balm
  • benefit
  • comfort
  • cooperation
  • corrective
  • cure
  • guidance
  • hand
  • helping hand
  • lift
  • maintenance
  • nourishment
  • remedy
  • service
liberate
  • bail one out
  • deliver
  • detach
  • discharge
  • disembarrass
  • emancipate
  • free
  • free up
  • get out from under
  • let loose
  • let out
  • loose
  • loosen
  • manumit
  • redeem
  • release
  • rescue
  • save
open
  • accessible
  • agape
  • airy
  • ajar
  • bare
  • clear
  • cleared
  • dehiscent
  • disclosed
  • emptied
  • expanded
  • expansive
  • exposed
  • extended
  • extensive
  • free
  • gaping
  • made passable
permit
  • admittance
  • allowance
  • charter
  • concession
  • consent
  • empowering
  • favor
  • franchise
  • go-ahead
  • grant
  • green light
  • indulgence
  • leave
  • legalization
  • liberty
  • license
  • pass
  • passport
promote
  • advertise
  • advocate
  • aid
  • assist
  • avail
  • back
  • befriend
  • benefit
  • bolster
  • boost
  • build up
  • call attention to
  • champion
  • contribute
  • cooperate
  • cry
  • develop
  • encourage
push
  • advance
  • assault
  • attack
  • bearing
  • blow
  • butt
  • charge
  • drive
  • driving
  • effort
  • energy
  • exerting
  • exertion
  • forcing
  • impact
  • jolt
  • lean
  • mass
release
  • absolution
  • acquittal
  • acquittance
  • charge
  • clemency
  • commute
  • deliverance
  • discharge
  • emancipation
  • exemption
  • exoneration
  • floater
  • freedom
  • freeing
  • let-off
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • lifeboat
support
  • abutment
  • agency
  • back
  • backing
  • base
  • bed
  • bedding
  • block
  • brace
  • buttress
  • collar
  • column
  • cornerstone
  • device
  • flotation
  • foothold
  • footing
  • foundation
warm
  • balmy
  • broiling
  • clement
  • close
  • flushed
  • glowing
  • heated
  • hot
  • lukewarm
  • melting
  • mild
  • perspiring
  • pleasant
  • roasting
  • scorching
  • sizzling
  • snug
  • summery

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