Synonyms of assist

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noun

as in assistance

an act or instance of helping

with an assist from his dad, the youngster built a doghouse any canine would be proud to call home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assistance
• help
• support
• boost
• aid
• lift
• encouragement
• hand
• advice
• backing
• guidance
• helping hand
• service
• leg up
• abetment
• facilitation
• furtherance
• promotion
• advancement
• forwarding
• kindness
• counsel
• attendance
• sponsorship
• attention
• mentoring
• furthering
• patronage
• nurturance
• care
• relief
• benefaction
• favor
• succor
• beneficence
• charity
• hand-holding
• philanthropy
• assuagement
• palliation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interference
• obstruction
• hindrance
• inhibition
• restraint
• frustration
• repression
• constraint
• deterrence
• discouragement

assist

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verb

ə-ˈsist 

as in to aid

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end

you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aid
• help
• support
• facilitate
• abet
• reinforce
• encourage
• promote
• save
• back
• guide
• bolster
• forward
• bear a hand
• prop (up)
• endorse
• backstop
• serve
• sponsor
• foster
• rescue
• further
• attend
• benefit
• to stand one in good stead
• comfort
• launch
• advise
• sustain
• minister (to)
• ease
• advance
• patronize
• succor
• champion
• mentor
• counsel
• boost
• nurture
• buttress
• care (for)
• oblige
• bail out
• profit
• hearten
• favor
• embolden
• deliver

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hinder
• restrain
• impede
• interfere
• inhibit
• thwart
• oppose
• obstruct
• constrain
• hamper
• block
• bar
• hold back
• frustrate
• fail
• balk
• discourage
• handicap
• strangle
• sabotage
• foil
• baffle
• inconvenience
• disappoint
• let down
• desert
• hurt
• retard
• stifle
• injure
• repress
• harm
• damage
• dishearten
• stunt
• straiten

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assist

Noun

Shepard, who had eight rebounds and four assists, and Alysha Clark scored before Clark hit a 3-pointer. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Annabelle Wallis plays Ellis, the ship’s unlikely and too-pretty third mate, who gives Statham an assist with the random international baddies who make up the crew. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

Meanwhile, officers were sent to East 51st Street and Agnes to assist firefighters with traffic control, Becchina said. — Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

Lionel Messi had a goal and assist as Inter Miami and the Philadelphia Union played to a 2-2 draw on Wednesday night. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026