Synonyms for Assistance
əˈsɪs tənsas·sis·tance

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1. assistance

   Synonyms:
   advantage, aid, benefit, help, relief, succor

   Antonyms:
   bar, barrier, clog, difficulty, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction

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1. assistance

   Synonyms:
   help, aid, countenance, support, abettance, protection, maintenance, coadjutorship

   Antonyms:
   resistance, obstruction, opposition, counteraction, antagonism, drawback, clog, preventive

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1. aid, assist, assistance, helpnoun

   the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

   "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

   Synonyms:
   help, service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid

2. aid, assistance, helpnoun

   a resource

   "visual aids in teaching"

   Synonyms:
   help, service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid

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1. assistancenoun

   Synonyms:
   help, aid, succor, LIFT, support, patronage, relief, helping hand, good offices

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1. assistancenoun

   Synonyms:
   aid, succor, relief, coöperation, reinforcement, collaboration, subservience

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1. List of paraphrases for "assistance":

   aid, help, support, assist, attendance, assisting, helping, assisted, care, assists, relief, asistencia, assistive, helps, 'assistance, welfare, aids, 'aide, pomoc, pomocy, competitions, aiding, competition

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1. Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale:

   What is happening now is that, as I've seen over and over again, the people of the Republic of Vanuatu need humanitarian assistance at the moment, and I'm very pleased with the international community that they have responded to my appeal.

2. Michael McCaul:

   Providing these exemptions under the guise of ‘humanitarian aid,' and without any prior consultation with Congress, further undermines bipartisan support and faith in the administration’s transparency and decision-making, i remain deeply frustrated that the administration still can’t confirm what assistance programs have been restarted. This committee must be permitted to conduct oversight of foreign assistance resources and priorities.

3. Charlie Yaxley:

   We are reaching a potential breaking point in our programmes where if we don't receive further funding soon, many of our programmes and particularly our cash assistance programmes to internally displaced Yemenis may have to stop, we are seeing a growing number of families resorting to harmful coping mechanisms such as begging, child labour and marrying of children to survive.

4. Chris Murphy:

   Instead of holding Saudi Arabia accountable, this administration instead continues to provide them a blank check, i'll be pursuing legislation in September that holds Saudi Arabia accountable and allows Congress to vote on the totality of our security assistance to Saudi Arabia.

5. Antony Blinken:

   President Putin's war against Ukraine is also an attack on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, enshrined in the UN Charter. Ukraine is fighting valiantly to defend its people and its independence with unprecedented assistance from the United States and countries around the world. United States will continue to support the people of Ukraine while promoting accountability for President President Putin and those enabling Russian aggression.