endorses

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support, authorize v.
countersign a check v.

VERB

support, authorize

Synonyms

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advocate affirm approve back commend confirm defend favor okay praise ratify recommend sanction uphold

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accredit attest authenticate bless boost certify champion countenance guarantee push second sustain underwrite warrant witness

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back up give a boost to give green light give one's word give the go-ahead give the nod go along with go to bat for go with lend one's name to rubber-stamp stand behind stand up for stump for subscribe to vouch for

Antonyms

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attack censure criticize deny disagree disapprove discourage dissuade invalidate oppose refuse reject renounce veto

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halt

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protest repel unauthorize

VERB

countersign a check

Synonyms

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sign

STRONG

authenticate autograph cosign notarize subscribe superscribe undersign underwrite

WEAK

add one's name to put John Hancock on put signature on rubber-stamp say amen to sign off on sign on dotted line

Antonyms

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censure disapprove oppose protest reject repel unauthorize

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endorses

“If he endorses Karen Bass a lot of people will see him as a sellout. If he endorses Nithya, which I can’t see happening, people will say he’s just bitter at Karen Bass,” Klink said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told the BBC: "Anyone who engages in or endorses political violence or assassination culture must be condemned in the harshest terms possible."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

But he will still be able to stay in the spotlight by creating suspense over whom he endorses as his successor in 2028.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

He endorses an aphorism from Arrigo Sacchi, a legendary Italian manager, who described soccer as “the most important of the least important things.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

If some celebrity endorses a brand of dog food, or some cabdriver disapproves of the mayor’s handling of a dilemma, there’s obviously no reason to accord statistical significance to these personal expressions.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos