supporting

Adjective

• capable of bearing a structural load
  • a supporting wall
    

• furnishing support and encouragement
  • the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher
    

Noun

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  • he leaned against the wall for support
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  load-bearing(a) , supporting(a) , encouraging , support