| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
Synonyms: |
advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm, subsidy, sustenance, treatment |
| Notes: | aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant |
Antonyms: |
blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction |
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, support |
Synonyms: |
abet, alleviate, assist, bail out, befriend, benefact, encourage, favor, go to bat for, go with, lend a hand, lighten, mitigate, open doors for, promote, relieve, serve, stick up for, straighten out, subsidize, sustain |
Antonyms: |
block, hinder, hurt, impede, injure, obstruct |
| Main Entry: | aid/aide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who helps |
Synonyms: |
abettor, adjutant, aide-de-camp, assistant, attendant, coadjutant, coadjutor, crew, crewman, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second, supporter |
| Concept: | Aid. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
aid, aidance; assistance, help, opitulation, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy (cooperation)., patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy., sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food; means., ministry, ministration; subministration; accommodation., relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina., supplies, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits; support (physical); adjunct, ally (helper).
-verbs
aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid; give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow; help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to., relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing, set on one's legs; bear through, pull through; give new life to, be the making of; reenforce, recruit; set forward, put forward, push forward; give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to; promote, further, forward, advance, expedite, speed, quicken, hasten., support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster., cradle, nourish; nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse; manure, cultivate, force; foster, cherish, foment; feed the flame, fan the flame., serve; do service to, tender to, pander to; administer to, subminister to, minister to; tend, attend, wait on; take care of; entertain; smooth the bed of death., oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage., second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with (cooperate)., be of use to; subserve (instrument); benefit; render a service (utility); conduce (tend).
-adjectives
aiding; auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful; coadjuvant; subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary., at one's beck; friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed; neighborly; obliging (benevolent).
-adverbs
with the aid, by the aid of; on behalf of, in behalf of; in aid of, in the service of, in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of; on account of; for the sake of, on the part of; non obstante.
-phrases
alterum alterius auxilio eget [Sallust]; "God befriend us as our cause is just" [Henry IV].
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Antonyms: |
hindrance |
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| Main Entry: | accessory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person peripherally involved in illegal activity |
Synonyms: |
abettor, accomplice, aid, aide, assistant, associate, co-conspirator, colleague, confederate, conspirator, helper, insider, partner, plant*, ringer, shill, stall*, subordinate |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
Synonyms: |
afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
Antonyms: |
bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | accomplice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | helper, especially in committing a crime |
Synonyms: |
abettor, accessory, aid, aide, ally, assistant, associate, co-conspirator, collaborator, colleague, confederate, conspirator, insider, partner, plant*, stall* |
Antonyms: |
adversary, enemy, opponent |
| Main Entry: | acolyte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attendant, usually in a church |
Synonyms: |
aid, assistant, follower, helper |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
Synonyms: |
aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
Synonyms: |
admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
Antonyms: |
betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |