Synonyms for aid
eɪdaid

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. aid

   Abet and instigate are now used almost without exception in a bad sense; one may incite either to good or evil. One incites or instigates to the doing of something not yet done, or to increased activity or further advance in the doing of it; one abets by giving sympathy, countenance, or substantial aid to the doing of that which is already projected or in process of commission. Abet and instigate apply either to persons or actions, incite to persons only; one incites a person to an action. A clergyman will advocate the claims of justice, aid the poor, encourage the despondent, support the weak, uphold the constituted authorities; but he will not incite to a quarrel, instigate a riot, or abet a crime. The originator of a crime often instigates or incites others to abet him in it, or one may instigate or incite others to a crime in the commission of which he himself takes no active part. Compare HELP.

   Synonyms:
   abet, advocate, assist, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, instigate, promote, sanction, support, uphold

   Antonyms:
   baffle, confound, counteract, denounce, deter, disapprove, disconcert, discourage, dissuade, expose, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. aid

   Synonyms:
   help, assist, succour, support, befriend, co-operate, contribute favor, foster, protect, abet, encourage, instigate, subsidize

   Antonyms:
   oppose, resist, counteract, discourage, thwart, withstand, confront, deter, baffle

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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

2. 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

3. aid, economic aid, financial aidnoun

   money to support a worthy person or cause

   Synonyms:
   help, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, economic aid, tending

4. care, attention, aid, tendingverb

   the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

   "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

   Synonyms:
   assist, attending, financial aid, tending, upkeep, assistance, precaution, forethought, caution, concern, help, charge, economic aid, tutelage, guardianship, maintenance, attention, care, fear

5. help, assist, aidverb

   give help or assistance; be of service

   "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"

   Synonyms:
   help, attend to, help oneself, serve, assist, attend, wait on, facilitate, avail

6. help, aidverb

   improve the condition of

   "These pills will help the patient"

   Synonyms:
   help oneself, avail, assist, help, serve, facilitate

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Improve
   • Support

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decongest

   to relieve something/someone of burden.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. aidverb

   Synonyms:
   assist, help, support, serve, speed, second, back, befriend, prosper, abet, co-operate with, take part with, give support to, minister to

2. aidverb

   Synonyms:
   succor, relieve, SPELL

3. aidnoun

   Synonyms:
   assistance, help, LIFT, furtherance, co-operation, patronage, support, helping hand, good offices

4. aidnoun

   Synonyms:
   succor, relief

5. aidnoun

   Synonyms:
   AIDE-DE-CAMP

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. aidnoun

   Synonyms:
   assistance, coöperation, succor, relief, furtherance, help, subsidy, subvention, patronage, assistant, helper, aid-de-camp

2. aidverb

   Synonyms:
   assist, succor, coöperate, befriend, promote, abet, help

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "aid":

   assistance, help, support, relief, aiuti, aids, pomocy, assist, assists, ενισχύσεις, pomoc, helps, beihilfen, pomoči, ενισχύσεων, auxílio, aiuto, 'aide, 'aiuto, helping, apu, care, aides, subsidy, assisting, assistive, ενίσχυσης

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1. List of known nicknames for "Aíd":

   Aida Alonso Iglesias, Aida Alonso

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1. Eva Pern:

   Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Almsgiving is the generosity of the rich social aid levels up social inequalities. Charity separates the rich from the poor aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

2. Victor Ponta:

   If we succeed to finish the aid deal successfully, and I think we will, we won't need a new precautionary aid deal ... Maybe we can discuss another arrangement. I think there are different types of deals with the IMF, for example with Poland.

3. Eva Svoboda:

   Although it might be difficult to trust new and 'non-traditional' humanitarian providers, it is important for international aid organizations and donors to ... form equal partnerships with those that are genuinely seeking to provide aid to war-torn areas, local organizations are the face of the new aid model, one that is sorely needed to best serve those in need.

4. Aristotle:

   In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

5. William Hazlitt:

   Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.