| Main Entry: | backup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | auxiliary |
Synonyms: |
alternate, extra, substitute |
| Main Entry: | accompaniment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | music that supports a theme or performer in a composition |
Synonyms: |
back, back-up, background, backing, harmony, instrument, part |
| 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: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
alternative, another, backup, different, interchanging, makeshift, second, surrogate, temporary |
Antonyms: |
necessary |
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
backup, double, equivalent, fill-in, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub, surrogate |
Antonyms: |
necessity |
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | other, alternate |
Synonyms: |
another, back-up, different, flipside, other side, second, substitute, surrogate |
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possible choice |
Synonyms: |
back-up, druthers, opportunity, option, other, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub, substitute, take it or leave it |
Antonyms: |
compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint |
| Main Entry: | assistant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | helper |
Synonyms: |
abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, associate, attendant, auxiliary, backer, backup*, coadjutant, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, confederate, cooperator, deputy, fellow worker, flunky, follower, friend, gofer, help, helpmate, mate, partner, patron, peon*, representative, right-hand person, secretary, subordinate, supporter, temp, temporary worker |
| Main Entry: | auxiliary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supplementary |
Synonyms: |
abetting, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, backup, complementary, contributory, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting |
Antonyms: |
body, main |
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | encouragement |
Synonyms: |
aid, assistance, backup, buildup, goose, hand*, handout, help, helping hand, improvement, leg up, leg*, lift, praise, promotion, shot in the arm, support |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, hindrance |