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

The All-Star guard shot just 4 for 12 from the floor to go with four rebounds, three assists and four turnovers. — John W. Davis, Oc Register, 9 July 2026

Reeve was a four-year starter at La Salle from 1984-1988 and ranks fifth in career assists (420) for the Explorers. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Verb

Mbappé has scored or assisted in every World Cup game for Les Bleus. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

The role can also include assisting during tapings by providing last-minute replacement clues and helping with research needed for on-stage judging during gameplay. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 8 July 2026