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Synonyms for assistance
əˈsɪs tənsas·sis·tance

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. assistance

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. assistance

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

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

Princeton's WordNet2.7 / 3 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. assistancenoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. assistancenoun

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

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How to use assistance in a sentence?

  1. Grandmother Millicent Agata:

    The water came and swept away our houses and everything we owned; we came here with nothing. We are in great need of assistance, especially food.

  2. Defense Department:

    Recent advances in forensic science and technology, as well as family member assistance in providing genealogical information, have now made it possible to make individual identifications for many servicemembers long buried in USS Oklahoma graves marked' unknown,'.

  3. Elisa Neira:

    We want our residents to be educated, to have access to competent immigration attorneys and nonprofit agencies, to have their documents and records in a safe place and not to fear seeking assistance from local police, schools and other agencies, when needed.

  4. Ivan Konovalov:

    The situation at the front was pretty serious if not critical, military assistance was needed on a larger scale; Russia responded.

  5. William Davis:

    They didn’t offer any assistance for anything, these kids had to raise $1,500 to go on this trip, and they missed two days of it.


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