Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Aid

Nouns
  • aid, aidance
  • assistance, help, opitulation, succor
  • support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion
  • coadjuvancy etc. (cooperation) Cooperation. patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy. sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment
  • eutrophy
  • manna in the wilderness
  • food etc. [Eating.] Food
  • means etc. Means. ministry, ministration
  • subministration
  • accommodation. relief, rescue
  • help at a dead lift
  • supernatural aid
  • reinforcements, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits
  • support etc. (physical) Support
  • adjunct, ally etc. (helper) Auxiliary.
Verbs
  • aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid
  • come to the aid etc. n.. of
  • contribute, subscribe to
  • bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid etc. n.
  • 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
  • reinforce, 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 etc. Care [Vigilance.]
  • 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 etc. (cooperate) Cooperation. be of use to
  • subserve etc. (instrument) Instrumentality
  • benefit etc. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness
  • render a service etc. (utility) Utility
  • conduce etc. (tend) Tendency.
Adjectives
  • aiding etc. v.
  • auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful
  • coadjuvant etc. Cooperation
  • subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary. at one's beck, at one's beck and call
  • friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed
  • neighborly
  • obliging etc. (benevolent) Benevolence.
Adverbs
  • with the aid, by the aid of etc.
  • 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
Int
  • help!, save us!, to the rescue!
Phrases
  • God befriend us as our cause is just" [Henry IV]
  • at your service.