Synonyms of aiding

aiding 1 of 2

adjective

as in helping

Related Words

• helping
• relieving
• computerized
• easing
• motorized
• nonmanual
• mechanical
• automated
• time-saving
• automatic
• robotic
• laborsaving
• semiautomatic
• self-operating
• self-acting
• self-regulating

Dissimilar Words

• nonautomatic
• nonautomated

aiding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of aid

as in assisting

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 & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aiding

Verb

Janaya Frost also faces one count of aiding an offender to avoid arrest. —Wcco Staff, CBS News, 1 June 2026

Those details have been consistently hidden from the public for fear of aiding those who would do America harm. —Josh Meyer, USA Today, 31 May 2026

This might not be a circumstance where the AI would shine in aiding the mental health of the user (or, on the other side of the coin, deluding them and entrapping them). —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Palantir has drawn widespread public criticism for aiding ICE’s deportation efforts. —Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 31 May 2026

That said, there are dozens of helpful trinkets hidden throughout the landscape that can make certain challenges much simpler, such as improving your movement, aiding your attacks, or increasing your resilience. —ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026

Speaking of Rue, she’s turned to Ali (Colman Domingo) for guidance when Lexie doesn’t prove to be very helpful — or really even believe her — after Rue spills the truth about working for Laurie and Alamo and aiding the federal agents. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 May 2026

Jordan Frost, 20, has been charged with aiding an offender, accomplice after the fact. —Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 22 May 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