Synonyms of service

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noun

ˈsər-vəs 

1

as in privilege

an act of kind assistance

performed many services for the charitable organization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• privilege
• kindness
• grace
• courtesy
• mercy
• indulgence
• blessing
• benefit
• benevolence
• favor
• advantage
• turn
• waiver
• boon
• dispensation
• license
• liberty
• godsend
• manna

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interference
• obstacle
• impediment
• hindrance
• hurdle

2

as in use

the capacity for being useful for some purpose

that broom is worn out beyond all service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• use
• usefulness
• avail
• utility
• assistance
• help
• mileage
• benefit
• serviceability
• serviceableness
• value
• account
• advantage
• aid
• relevance
• gain
• fitness
• applicability
• profit
• appropriateness
• worth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worthlessness
• uselessness
• inapplicability
• inappropriateness

3

as in troops

the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation

at the time the country had about a million men and women in the service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• troops
• military
• soldiers
• armed forces
• colors
• force
• servicemen
• defense
• militia
• rank and file
• soldiery
• reserves
• servicewomen
• armor
• GIs
• men-at-arms
• gendarmerie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilians
• noncombatants

4

as in agency

a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization

the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agency
• department
• office
• bureau
• desk
• branch
• division
• arm
• subdivision
• subdepartment

service

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adjective

as in military

of or relating to the armed services

spent his time in the army as a correspondent for service newspapers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• military
• martial
• naval
• paramilitary
• mercenary
• regular
• militant
• enlisted
• soldierly
• warlike
• militaristic
• gladiatorial
• militarist
• GI

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civil
• civilian
• nonmilitary

service

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verb

as in to condition

Related Words

• condition
• maintain
• aid
• ready
• care (for)
• prepare
• restore
• right
• refresh
• renew
• help
• revitalize
• revive
• rejuvenate
• reform
• cure
• freshen
• improve
• overhaul
• regenerate
• modify
• correct
• redress
• better
• heal
• rebuild
• rectify
• adjust
• refreshen
• fix up
• repair
• enhance
• refurbish
• enrich
• patch
• reconstruct
• ameliorate
• furbish
• revamp
• renovate
• doctor
• meliorate
• recondition
• fix
• mend

Dissimilar Words

• damage
• hurt
• break
• harm
• impair
• ruin
• wreck
• flaw
• spoil
• injure
• mar
• deface
• blemish
• disable
• disfigure
• cripple
• vandalize
• mutilate
• maim
• mangle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of service

Noun

The homes would be served by two private roads, would use public water and sewer service, and would have private contractors for trash and recycling pickup. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026

Financial activities added 10,000, professional and business services contributed 9,000 and the other services category saw a gain of 6,000. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Adjective

Head to the former gas station that is Joe’s or the counter-service joint Slap’s. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026

The counter-service operation blends methods from across the Carolinas. — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026

Verb

Several of these airlines service the San Francisco Bay Area, such as with the Emirates Airbus A380 and Qantas Boeing 787-9. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Those vehicles stayed attached to a single spacecraft, whereas MRV is designed to service several satellites over its lifetime. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026