Synonyms of assisting

assisting 1 of 2

adjective

as in aiding

Related Words

• aiding
• helping
• admonishing
• warning
• monitory
• cautionary
• admonitory
• exemplary
• premonitory
• cautioning
• didactic
• advisory
• consulting
• moralistic
• consultative
• counseling
• recommendatory
• moralizing
• hortative

assisting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of assist

as in helping

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assisting

Verb

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office were assisting, county police said. — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Hanover County Sheriff's Office were assisting, county police said. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Agencies across Colorado are assisting in the search for what police believe to be an armed and dangerous homicide suspect. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026

The response ultimately involved 139 officers from Long Branch and assisting agencies, according to the city. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Hoodoo was not only considered a means of assisting people; it has also been associated with hexing or cursing and, in the 18th and 19th centuries, with poisoning. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Google Gemini will serve as a key component in assisting student athletes with their demanding schedules, in addition to delivering game analysis and creating content across OTE and Overtime Select throughout their respective seasons. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 14 Aug. 2026

The roles of these microbacteria range from helping in digestion and other metabolic processes, to assisting in warding off infections. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 13 Aug. 2026

The pair would continue to collaborate over the years, with Orbit assisting on Madonna’s Music and MDNA. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026