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

Example Sentences

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The State Department has also coordinated humanitarian aid missions with the Catholic Church.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Lower-income Americans have struggled with the end of pandemic-era aid and inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

High-income families that qualify for little aid face the largest increases.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Crouch, who walks with the aid of a cane, proudly wore a hat proclaiming that he was a veteran of the Vietnam war.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

A mouse of a certain age strode up with the aid of a matchstick cane, gold-topped.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck