| Main Entry: | |
| 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/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 |
| Main Entry: | AIDS |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immunological disorder |
| Synonyms: | HIV, HIV-positive, STD, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted disease, virus |
| Concept: | Aid. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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-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 |