Synonyms of the word assist


ASSISTACTIVITY - AID - ASSIST - ASSISTANCE - ATTEND - HELP - MANEUVER - MANOEUVRE - PLAY - SERVE - SUPPORT - WORK

assist

  • v. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
  • v. (archaic) To attend (with at).
  • v. To help.
  • v. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
  • v. (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
  • n. A helpful action or an act of giving.
  • n. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals.

activity

  • n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
  • n. Something done as an action or a movement.
  • n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
  • n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

aid

  • n. (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
  • n. (countable) A helper; an assistant.
  • n. (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
  • n. (countable, Britain) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose,…
  • n. (countable, Britain) An exchequer loan.
  • n. (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
  • n. (countable) An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
  • v. (transitive) To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

assist

  • v. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
  • v. (archaic) To attend (with at).
  • v. To help.
  • v. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
  • v. (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
  • n. A helpful action or an act of giving.
  • n. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals.

assistance

  • n. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

attend

  • v. (archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
  • v. (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto).
  • v. (intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look…
  • v. (transitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
  • v. (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings;…
  • v. (intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
  • v. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
  • v. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
  • v. Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").

help

  • n. (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
  • n. (usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
  • n. Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
  • n. (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation…
  • n. (uncountable, euphemistic) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social…
  • v. (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
  • v. (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
  • v. (intransitive) To provide assistance.
  • v. (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive…
  • interj. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.

maneuver

  • n. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
  • n. (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
  • n. An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
  • v. (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
  • v. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully.
  • v. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme.

manoeuvre

  • n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
  • v. (transitive) British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling…

play

  • v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
  • v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  • v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
  • v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  • v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
  • v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
  • v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
  • v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
  • v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
  • v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
  • n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
  • n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
  • n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
  • n. The conduct, or course of a game.
  • n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
  • n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
  • n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
  • n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
  • n. (countable) A major move by a business.
  • n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
  • n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
  • n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
  • n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

serve

  • n. (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
  • n. (chiefly Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.
  • v. (heading, personal) To provide a service.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
  • v. (heading) To be effective.
  • v. (heading, transitive, law) To deliver a document.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball,…
  • v. (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
  • v. (intransitive) To be in military service.
  • v. (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
  • v. (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
  • v. (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing…

support

  • n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
  • n. Financial or other help.
  • n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  • n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
  • n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
  • n. Evidence.
  • n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  • n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  • v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
  • v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  • v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  • v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
  • v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  • v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  • v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
  • v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  • v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
  • v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

work

  • n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
  • n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
  • n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
  • n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
  • n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
  • n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
  • v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
  • v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
  • v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
  • v. (transitive) To set into action.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
  • v. (intransitive) To ferment.
  • v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
  • v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
  • v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  • v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  • v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
  • v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to work.
  • v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
  • v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
  • v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

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