Meanings
nounsupport group (plural support groups)
plural support groups
- A group of people who informally support each other over a problem which all of its members share.
If you can't stay sober, you need a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous.
1 more example
Its heroes are the women who meet in support groups and through Facebook; who talk openly about ruined sex lives and medical horrors; who come out to picket shareholder meetings and industry conferences.
2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 互助組 /互助组
- 互助組 /互助组 (hùzhùzǔ)group of people who support each other
Dutch steungroep, praatgroep
- steungroepgroup of people who support each other
- praatgroepgroup of people who support each other
Finnish tukiryhmä, oma-apuryhmä
- tukiryhmägroup of people who support each other
- oma-apuryhmägroup of people who support each other
- vertaisryhmägroup of people who support each other
French groupe de parole
- groupe de parolegroup of people who support each other
German Selbsthilfegruppe
- Selbsthilfegruppegroup of people who support each other
Polish grupa wsparcia
- grupa wsparciagroup of people who support each other
Romanian grup de sprijin, grup de suport
- grup de sprijingroup of people who support each other
- grup de suportgroup of people who support each other
Cite this entry
APA
support group. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/support%20group
MLA
“support group.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/support%20group. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “support group,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/support%20group.
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