support group

American  

noun

• support groups
  plural

1. a group of people who meet regularly to support or sustain each other by discussing problems affecting them in common, as alcoholism or bereavement.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• support groups
  plural

Etymology

Origin of support group

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

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support group

Matthias Barker, a psychotherapist who founded Estrangement.com, a paid-membership support group, has 4.2 million followers combined on Instagram and TikTok, all of them new since 2020, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Downtown L.A.could benefit from Burbank’s approach, said Nella McOsker, president of the Central City Assn. business support group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Ross's friends and her church in Edinburgh joined in tributes to the 38-year-old, who had been volunteering with a refugee support group in Greece.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

So Lawson, who lives in Upper Marlboro, Md., decided to start a support group specifically for male caregivers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

The vast majority of Hollows students respected Dave Bendix not just because he was a remarkable competitor but also because he had founded an anti-bullying support group.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin