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Synonyms for aid
noun help, support

gift
service
assistance
benefit
subsidy
compensation
relief
cooperation
care
treatment
alleviation
backing

encouragement
sustenance
furtherance
advocacy
benefaction
endowment
giving
guidance
comfort
advancement
favor
bounty

attention
rescue
advice
assist
hand
lift
charity
patronage
ministry
salvation
handout
reinforcement

deliverance
benevolence
promotion
reward
backup
allowance
ministration
leg up
shot in the arm

Antonyms for aid

loss
penalty
damage
hurt
injury
hindrance
stoppage

harm
disfavor
silence
ill will
blockage
impediment
obstruction

handicap
opposition
taking
stop
malevolence
unkindness

Synonyms
verb help, support

subsidize
abet
assist
encourage
alleviate
promote

mitigate
befriend
lighten
relieve
serve
favor

sustain
bail out
go to bat for
benefact
go with
lend a hand

open doors for
stick up for
straighten out

Antonyms

deter
hinder
burden
block

impede
injure
obstruct
discourage

hurt
upset

Usage Notes

Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings “an assisting person,” the spelling aide is increasingly used for the sense “helper, assistant”: One of the senator’s aides is calling. Aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp. It is also the spelling in nurse’s aide.
Concept Thesaurus for word aid
1. Conditional antagonism
Synonyms – noun

aid
opitulation
advance
patronage
interest
alimentation
manna in the wilderness
ministration
rescue
supplies
recruits

aidance
succor
furtherance
championship
advocacy.
nutrition
food
subministration
help at a dead lift
reenforcements
support (physical)

assistance
support
promotion
countenance
sustentation
nourishment
means
accommodation.
supernatural aid
succors
adjunct, ally (helper)

help
lift
coadjuvancy (cooperation)
favor
subvention
eutrophy
ministry
relief
deus ex machina.
contingents

Synonyms – verbs

aid
lend one’s aid
bring aid
supply aid
lend a hand
give one a life
take in tow
rescue
bear through
reenforce
push forward
promote
expedite
support
hold up
nurture
put out to nurse
foster
fan the flame.
pander to
tend
entertain
consult the wishes of
second
pay the piper
stick up for
adopt the cause of
squire
patronize
shine upon
enlist under the banners of
benefit

assist
come to the aid of
give aid
give a helping hand
bear a helping hand
give one a cast
help a lame dog over a stile
set up
pull through
recruit
give a lift
further
speed
sustain
bolster.
nurse
manure
cherish
serve
administer to
attend
smooth the bed of death.
humor
stand by
abet
take up the cudgels for
advocate
give moral support to
lend oneself to
favor
side with (cooperate)
render a service (utility)

help
contribute
furnish aid
stretch a hand
hold out a hand
give one a turn
lend wings to.
set agoing
give new life to
set forward
give a shove
forward
quicken
uphold
cradle
dry nurse
cultivate
foment
do service to
subminister to
wait on
oblige
cheer
back
work for
take up the cause of
beat up for recruits
keep in countenance
lend one’s countenance to
befriend
be of use to
conduce (tend)

succor
subscribe to
afford aid
lend a helping hand
hold out a helping hand
take by the hand
relieve
set on one’s legs
be the making of
put forward
give an impulse to
advance
hasten.
prop
nourish
suckle
force
feed the flame
tender to
minister to
take care of
accommodate
encourage.
back up
make interest for
espouse the cause of
press into the service
countenance
smile upon
take in hand
subserve (instrument)

Synonyms – adjectives

aiding
coadjuvant
accessory
amicable
neighborly

auxiliary
subservient
subsidiary.
favorable
obliging (benevolent)

adjuvant
ministrant
at one’s beck
propitious

helpful
ancillary
friendly
well-disposed

Synonyms – phrases
alterum alterius auxilio eget [Sallust]; “God befriend us as our cause is just” [Henry IV].
Antonyms

hindrance

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