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

Grok’s instructions on Github, for instance, list several safety considerations including not assisting users asking about violent crimes. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 May 2026

The Minnesota State Fire Marshal is assisting in the investigation into what caused the fire. —Riley Moser, CBS News, 14 May 2026

This could mean leading a team, assisting a patient or helping a client make a better choice. —Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 14 May 2026

His high school career included putting up 62 points in a state quarterfinal and a 45-point showing against rival Chambers, assisting in building up a blossoming confidence level. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026

The dispute sets up a potential legal clash between the state’s top law enforcement official and one of Texas’ largest county sheriff’s offices over how far local agencies must go in assisting federal immigration enforcement. —Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026

Sometimes that involves assisting the parents to understand all the alternatives available to them for the benefit of their child and assure that the school district is making all available alternatives available and understood by the parent(s). —Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026

In a statement, Garrahy thanked the East Berlin, Cromwell, Newington and Wethersfield Fire Departments for assisting at the scene. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026

Then there’s the work of the British surrealist photographer Madame Yevonde, whose pioneering work in the 1930s and ’40s Christie remembers discovering while assisting a friend studying at Central Saint Martins. —Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 May 2026