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assist

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of assist

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 of assist

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

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

benefaction, patronage, promotion, sponsorship

advice, care, counsel, guidance, mentoring

attendance, attention, hand-holding, service

assuagement, palliation, relief, succor
Near Antonyms of assist

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

deterrence, discouragement
Antonyms of assist

hindrance

assist

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of assist

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 of assist

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

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 assist

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

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 assist

hinder

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