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| Main Entry: | assist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assistance, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, furtherance, hand, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support, abetment, facilitation |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, hurt, stop, stoppage, thwarting |
| Main Entry: | assist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | abet, aid, back, bail out, benefit, boost, collaborate, cooperate, do for*, expedite, facilitate, further, go for, go to bat for*, hype*, plug*, puff*, push*, reinforce, relieve, ride shotgun*, serve, stump*, support, sustain, thump*, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, go down the line for, go with, grease the wheels, lend a hand, make a pitch for, open doors, put on the map, root for, run interference for, stand up for, take care of, work for, work with |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt, stop, thwart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | abet, alleviate, assist, bail out, befriend, encourage, favor, go to bat for*, lighten, mitigate, promote, relieve, serve, subsidize, sustain, benefact, go with*, lend a hand, open doors for, stick up for, straighten out* |
| Notes: | aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant |
| Antonyms: | block, hinder, hurt, impede, injure, obstruct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, furtherance, hand, help, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support, sustenance, abetment, facilitation |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, hurt, injury, stop, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | befriend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make social acquaintance; support |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, assist, back, benefit, buddy up, case out, come on to, cotton to, encourage, favor, get chummy with, get in with, help, hit it off*, patronize, side with, stand by, sustain, take under one's wing, take up with, uphold, welcome |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, better, build, favor, further, improve, pay, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, be good for, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, fill the bill, make a killing, make it, pay off*, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bolster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, bear up, boost, brace, buck up, bulwark, buoy, buttress, carry, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pick up, pillow, prop, reinforce, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold, shore up |
| Antonyms: | hinder, obstruct, prevent, undermine, not support |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to feel better |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up*, calm, cheer, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, hearten, help, invigorate, mitigate, nourish, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, commiserate with, grant respite, inspirit, lighten burden, make well, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, revitalize, upraise |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expedite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happen faster |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, assist, dispatch, facilitate, forward, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad*, rush, speed, urge, cut the red tape, fast track, grease wheels, hand-carry, hand-walk, handle personally, run interference, run with the ball, shoot through, speed up, walk it through |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, delay, halt, hinder, slow, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | further |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, lend support |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, back up, bail out*, ballyhoo*, champion, contribute, encourage, engender, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, generate, hasten, help, patronize, plug, promote, propagate, push, serve, speed, succor, give a boost to, go with, lend a hand, open doors, take care of, work for |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, curtail, delay, frustrate, halt, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, protest, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prompt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incite, cue |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, arouse, assist, bring up, cause, convince, draw, egg on*, elicit, evoke, exhort, get, goad, help, hint, impel, imply, indicate, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, mention, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, prick*, prod, propel, propose, provoke, refresh, remind, spur, stimulate, suggest, urge, call forth, give rise to, help out, sic, talk into, win over |
| Antonyms: | halt, prevent, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | second |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support, advance a suggestion |
| Synonyms: | aid, approve, assist, back, back up, encourage, endorse, forward, further, promote, uphold, give moral support, go along with, stand by |
| Antonyms: | move |
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along quickly |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, assist, barrel, belt, bomb, boost, bowl over, career, cover ground*, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, flash, fly, further, gallop, hasten, help, hurry, impel, promote, quicken, race, ride, run, rush, sail, spring, tear, urge, whiz, zoom, cut along, gather momentum, gear up, get a move on, get moving, get under way, go all out, go fast, go like the wind, hightail, lose no time, make haste, open up throttle, press on, step on it |
| Antonyms: | delay, halt, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany |
| Synonyms: | assist, attend, chaperon, companion, date, escort, serve |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave |
| Main Entry: | tide over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help along |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, bridge the gap, keep head above water, keep one going, see through |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt |
| Main Entry: | uphold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maintain, support |
| Synonyms: | advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bolster, boost, brace, buoy up, buttress, carry, champion, confirm, countenance, defend, elevate, encourage, endorse, help, hoist, hold to, hold up one's end, justify, pick up, promote, prop, raise, rear, second, shore up, side with, stand by, stick by, stick up for, sustain, take up, upbear, uplift, upraise, uprear, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | weaken |
| Main Entry: | helping hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistance |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, boost, hand, help, lift, support, leg up |
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advice, advocacy, 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, lift, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, subsidy, sustenance, treatment, alleviation, leg up, ministration, shot in the arm |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction, blockage |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | abet, abide by, advocate, ally, angel*, assist, bankroll, boost, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, favor, finance, go to bat for*, sanction, second, sponsor, stake, subsidize, sustain, underwrite, uphold, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, grubstake, side with, stand behind, stick by, stick up for |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | further, improve |
| Synonyms: | advance, advertise, assist, encourage, foster, inspire, plug, praise, promote, push, support, sustain |
| Antonyms: | discourage, halt, hinder, hurt, prevent, undermine |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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