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

Xavi recorded two goals and five assists in 28 top-flight matches as Spurs finished 17th for the second successive season. — Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 July 2026

The gravity assist maneuver wasn't unlike a slingshot, propelling the Psyche spacecraft on a trajectory to arrive at the metallic main-belt asteroid Psyche by the end of 2029, NASA explained. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Verb

Two of those bills that passed were one requiring counties with over 100,000 people to enroll in the 287(g) program assisting ICE and another that penalizes cities for defunding the police. — Rachel Royster july 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Wahlforss now assists other aspiring founders in solving their missing puzzle pieces. — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026