| Meaning | held up or having the weight borne especially from below. |
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| Example | "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends" |
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| Narrower | based | Having a base |
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| braced, buttressed | held up by braces or buttresses |
| gimbaled | supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips |
| pendent, pendant, dependent | Held from above |
| supernatant | Of a liquid / liquid |
| suspended | (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment |
| underhung | supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above |
| underslung | supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below |
| Opposite | unsupported | not held up or borne |
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| Spanish | sostenido |
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