Synonyms of succor

succor 1 of 2

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.

Related Words

• assistance
• support
• encouragement
• assist
• aid
• help
• relief
• guidance
• service
• advice
• attention
• care
• assuagement
• backing
• kindness
• counsel
• lift
• palliation
• boost
• furtherance
• helping hand
• advancement
• nurturance
• patronage
• hand
• forwarding
• facilitation
• leg up
• promotion
• abetment
• sponsorship
• benefaction
• furthering
• mentoring
• charity
• beneficence
• attendance
• hand-holding
• favor
• philanthropy

Dissimilar Words

• interference
• obstruction
• restraint
• frustration
• inhibition
• repression
• constraint
• discouragement
• deterrence
• hindrance

succor

2 of 2

verb

as in to comfort

Related Words

• comfort
• minister (to)
• aid
• facilitate
• sustain
• forward
• endorse
• sponsor
• attend
• further
• assist
• patronize
• care (for)
• promote
• foster
• reinforce
• help
• bolster
• ease
• champion
• counsel
• rescue
• abet
• mentor
• advance
• buttress
• launch
• back
• benefit
• support
• guide
• nurture
• boost
• hearten
• save
• advise
• profit
• encourage
• backstop
• embolden
• oblige
• prop (up)
• serve
• bail out
• favor
• deliver

Dissimilar Words

• hinder
• restrain
• impede
• oppose
• constrain
• interfere
• thwart
• hamper
• obstruct
• strangle
• inhibit
• hold back
• handicap
• bar
• frustrate
• fail
• block
• balk
• inconvenience
• disappoint
• desert
• let down
• sabotage
• discourage
• foil
• baffle
• hurt
• retard
• harm
• repress
• damage
• injure
• stifle
• dishearten
• straiten
• stunt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of succor

Noun

Sources of succor and disquiet—currents which Winter has ridden in life and art—each female elder is a maternal presence who offers complementary textures to the tapestry Winter has woven from threads of experience and sheer imagination. — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025

His birth overshadowed by his family’s greatest tragedy, Daniel found succor in movies and willed himself into the dreamworld of Hollywood. — David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025

Verb

Arab states may use the prospect of normalization to achieve reconciliation with Israel and succor for Palestinians. — Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

That legacy echoes in our every cell, yoking our fates to the vast unicellular realm, where creatures such as protozoans navigate threats, seek succor and sense their way from life to death. — Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025

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