Synonyms of abetting

abetting 1 of 2

adjective

as in assisting

Related Words

• assisting
• aiding
• facilitating
• smoothing
• promoting
• nurturing
• fostering
• easing
• forwarding
• encouraging
• furthering

Dissimilar Words

• preventive
• prophylactic
• preventative
• precautionary
• deterrent
• deterring
• neutralizing
• negating
• nullifying

abetting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of abet

1

as in provoking

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being

the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• promoting
• encouraging
• raising
• inciting
• fomenting
• triggering
• instigating
• stirring (up)
• whipping (up)
• fermenting
• picking
• cultivating
• stimulating
• brewing
• furthering
• fostering
• setting in motion
• forwarding
• advancing
• nurturing
• motivating
• inspiring
• sowing
• nourishing
• detonating
• setting off
• inflaming
• exciting
• activating
• galvanizing
• energizing
• rousing
• quickening
• enlivening
• invigorating
• setting
• vitalizing
• firing
• pepping (up)
• jazzing (up)
• livening (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulating
• inhibiting
• restraining
• curbing
• discouraging
• holding
• checking
• constraining
• taming
• subduing
• bridling
• settling
• soothing
• quieting
• reining (in)
• calming
• allaying
• stilling
• tranquilizing

2

as in aiding

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

car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aiding
• assisting
• helping
• supporting
• reinforcing
• facilitating
• backing
• propping (up)
• promoting
• backstopping
• endorsing
• encouraging
• saving
• furthering
• guiding
• bolstering
• bearing a hand
• fostering
• sponsoring
• forwarding
• standing one in good stead
• comforting
• championing
• rescuing
• attending
• patronizing
• sustaining
• launching
• advancing
• serving
• benefiting
• succoring
• ministering (to)
• easing
• advising
• profiting
• mentoring
• buttressing
• nurturing
• caring (for)
• emboldening
• boosting
• obliging
• favoring
• counseling
• bailing out
• delivering
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hindering
• impeding
• obstructing
• restraining
• interfering
• inhibiting
• opposing
• blocking
• hampering
• thwarting
• barring
• constraining
• strangling
• handicapping
• failing
• holding back
• sabotaging
• balking
• deserting
• frustrating
• discouraging
• disappointing
• baffling
• retarding
• letting down
• inconveniencing
• foiling
• stifling
• repressing
• harming
• damaging
• stunting
• disheartening
• hurting
• injuring
• straitening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abetting

Verb

With the goal of smuggling themselves to Turkey, the women are eventually found out for keeping a secret or two from the conspirators abetting their plan. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors won a 77-year sentence on Wednesday for 27-year-old Kyle Spitze on charges of producing child pornography, possessing and accessing the material, and abetting the distribution of animal crush videos. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

The White House has in recent days also pressured Israel’s leader to condemn Israeli settlers’ siege of Palestinians in the West Bank, which soldiers stand accused of abetting. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Olivia Hernandez Olivo was sentenced in June 2025 after her attorney entered an Alford plea for aiding and abetting in second-degree murder on her behalf. — Shannon Tyler june 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026

Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, 60, has denied several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending. — ABC News, 11 June 2026

On Friday, May 29, Kenneth Law, 60, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding and abetting suicide in Canada, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a news release. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026

Thomas Peters, who had been Feuer’s chief of civil litigation, entered a guilty plea in 2022 to aiding and abetting extortion in an attempt to cover up what the city attorney’s office had done. — The Editorial Board, Daily News, 20 May 2026