SUCCOR Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in assistance

something that you do or give for someone who is suffering or in a difficult situation We see it as our duty to give succor to those in need.

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verb

as in to comfort

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Recent Examples of succor

Noun

As Koestler observes, crying is a signal not just of surrender but of neediness, designed to elicit succor and comfort from sympathizers. —

Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025 But beyond the vagaries of this clearly religious belief in eternal reward, literature itself offers succor not just for the captive, but its creator. —

Ed Simon september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025

Verb

This is maybe understandable in the former states of the Confederacy where Republicans took control not as the Party of Lincoln, but as the alternative to the Democrats who had abandoned legal segregation after 90 years of succoring segregation and Jim Crow. —

Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 20 June 2025 As elsewhere, Philadelphia’s philanthropic community rose up to provide them food, shelter, and succor, but the white Dominguans were not permitted to maintain their slaves (despite their best efforts to do so). —

Time, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for succor

Recent Examples of Synonyms for succor

Noun

That tenuous lifeline is at risk though as anti-Castro Cuban-American politicians have called for a total cut-off of assistance from the US.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Despite having the latest safety gear and being in a group of other experienced riders, as well as the assistance of an off-duty Truckee fire department medic, who performed CPR, Thomason did not survive.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026