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aid

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of aid

1 a person who helps a more skilled person
  • Jack is his motherʼs preferred aid in the kitchen, as his sister Janice is clumsy when it comes to chopping and peeling
Synonyms of aid

adjunct, adjutant, aide, apprentice, assistant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, lieutenant, mate, sidekick
Words Related to aid

attendant, handmaiden (also handmaid), maid, maidservant, scullion, servant

auxiliary, legman, subordinate, underling

employee (also employe), hand, help, hireling, laborer, swamper, worker

gal Friday, girl Friday

man Friday, right hand

aide-de-camp
2 a thing that helps
  • a dictionary is a handy aid for working crossword puzzles
Synonyms of aid

advantage, asset, benefit, boon, help
Words Related to aid

hand, lift, pick-me-up

support, sustenance

blessing, godsend, windfall

recourse, refuge, resort, resource
Near Antonyms of aid

constraint, inhibitor, liability, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, stranglehold
Antonyms of aid

disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, minus
3 an act or instance of helping
  • the clerk asked if she needed any aid carrying out her purchases
Synonyms of aid

abetment, assist, assistance, backing, boost, hand, help, helping hand, leg up, lift, support
Words Related to aid

advancement, encouragement, facilitation, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, nurturance

benefaction, patronage, promotion, sponsorship

advice, care, counsel, guidance, mentoring

attendance, attention, hand-holding, service

beneficence, charity, favor, kindness, philanthropy

assuagement, palliation, relief, succor
Near Antonyms of aid

constraint, frustration, inhibition, interference, obstruction, repression, restraint

deterrence, discouragement
Antonyms of aid

hindrance

aid

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of aid

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
  • sought to aid her in her search for a dachshund puppy by looking online
Synonyms of aid

abet, assist, back, backstop, help, prop (up), support
Words Related to aid

advance, ease, facilitate, forward, foster, further, launch

champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, promote, sponsor

attend, care (for), comfort, minister (to), succor

sustain

bolster, boost, buttress, reinforce (also reenforce)

advise, counsel, guide, mentor, nurture

bail out, deliver, rescue, save

embolden, encourage, hearten

benefit, favor, oblige, profit, serve
Phrases Synonymous with aid

bear a hand, to stand one in good stead
Near Antonyms of aid

balk, bar, block, constrain, hamper, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, restrain, strangle

baffle, foil, frustrate, inconvenience, interfere, oppose, sabotage, thwart

desert, disappoint, fail, let down

discourage, dishearten

repress, retard, stifle, straiten, stunt

damage, harm, hurt, injure
Antonyms of aid

hinder

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