aid

[eyd] / eɪd /

NOUN

help, support

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assistance benefit care compensation cooperation gift relief service subsidy treatment

STRONG

advancement advice advocacy alleviation allowance assist attention backing backup benefaction benevolence bounty charity comfort deliverance encouragement endowment favor furtherance giving guidance hand handout lift ministration ministry patronage promotion reinforcement rescue reward salvation sustenance

WEAK

leg up shot in the arm

Antonyms

STRONGEST

damage harm hindrance hurt injury loss penalty stoppage

STRONG

disfavor ill will malevolence opposition silence stop taking unkindness

WEAK

blockage impediment obstruction

VERB

help, support

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abet alleviate assist encourage promote subsidize

STRONG

befriend benefact favor lighten mitigate relieve serve sustain

WEAK

bail out go to bat for go with lend a hand open doors for stick up for straighten out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deter discourage hinder hurt

STRONG

burden upset

WEAK

block impede injure obstruct

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Hamas's Naim said the new talks should also boost entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

From Barron's

Last Christmas was famously denied the top spot when it was first released in 1984, due to the phenomenal success of Band Aid's charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?

From BBC

California’s “mutual aid” policy kicked in and flooded Los Angeles with fire crews from other cities and states.

From The Wall Street Journal

Metrics to aid comprehension abound.

From Los Angeles Times

Almost all of the population has been displaced, many of them crammed into makeshift tent camps where they rely on humanitarian aid.

From The Wall Street Journal

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