Antonyms for assistance
əˈsɪs tənsas·sis·tance

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1. assistance

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

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

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1. assistance

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

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

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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, 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, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid

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1. assistancenoun

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

How to use assistance in a sentence?

1. Chris Downes:

   Please be assured that our three lovely grandchildren are with us and safe, the Australian High Commission, the United Nations and the Fiji Police are being so helpful and giving us much assistance.

2. Hunter Biden:

   The 2,000-word summation of a 30-minute phone call released by White House makes clear that days after the President ordered the delay of Congressionally-appropriated military assistance to Ukraine, he implored the President of Ukraine to work with his personal attorney to manufacture a smear against a domestic political opponent, using a malicious conspiracy theory that has been universally debunked by every independent outlet that has looked at it.

3. Angela Taylor:

   As a caregiver, I think one of the challenges is recognizing that we can not use the same skills and interpersonal dynamics that we came to rely on in our relationship with the person with LBD, we have to develop new ones because you can not reason with somebody who is having a hallucination or delusion. Sometimes you have to more step into their reality and empathize( and) learn a new way to offer assistance without them feeling like they're being treated like a child.

4. Barbara Bush:

   Eleven million people that should come out from the shadows and receive earned legal status -- where they pay a fine, where they work, where they do what they want to do, which is come out from the shadows, work, provide for their families, not receive government assistance, and over a period of time be able to receive earned legal status.

5. President Barack Obama:

   This is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values we share, we stand prepared and ready to provide whatever assistance the people of France need to respond.

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