sup-

under

Usage

  • supplant

    To supplant someone is to replace them with someone else, usually because the latter is more powerful or better in some way.

  • supplicant

    A supplicant is someone who humbly and respectfully asks for something from another who is powerful enough to grant the request.

  • supplement

    When you supplement, you add on some extra to something to make up for a lack in it.

  • suppress

    When something is suppressed, it is blocked from occurring or kept contained in some way.

  • support

    To support someone or something, you give your help or agreement; for example, you can support a person by giving them aid, or you can support an idea with facts to prove it.

  • supplicate

    ask humbly (for something)

  • supply

    the activity of supplying or providing something

  • suppose

    express a supposition

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