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.

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

succor

2 of 2

verb

as in to comfort

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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

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