Synonyms for Assistance
əˈsɪs tənsas·sis·tance

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1. assistance

   Synonyms:
   advantage, aid, benefit, help, relief, succor

   Antonyms:
   bar, barrier, clog, difficulty, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction

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1. assistance

   Synonyms:
   help, aid, countenance, support, abettance, protection, maintenance, coadjutorship

   Antonyms:
   resistance, obstruction, opposition, counteraction, antagonism, drawback, clog, preventive

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1. aid, assist, assistance, helpnoun

   the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

   "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

   Synonyms:
   help, service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid

2. aid, assistance, helpnoun

   a resource

   "visual aids in teaching"

   Synonyms:
   help, service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid

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1. assistancenoun

   Synonyms:
   help, aid, succor, LIFT, support, patronage, relief, helping hand, good offices

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1. assistancenoun

   Synonyms:
   aid, succor, relief, coöperation, reinforcement, collaboration, subservience

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1. List of paraphrases for "assistance":

   aid, help, support, assist, attendance, assisting, helping, assisted, care, assists, relief, asistencia, assistive, helps, 'assistance, welfare, aids, 'aide, pomoc, pomocy, competitions, aiding, competition

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1. Rocky Tuan:

   Universities are places to study, not to resolve political disputes, or even a battlefield to create weapons and use force, if the university cannot continue to fulfill its basic mission and tasks, we must seek the assistance of relevant government departments to lift the current crisis.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   Unless you have a different definition of what a disaster is and the needs for assistance, you have no right to withhold those funds.

3. Anthony Zinni:

   We want to be sure that every available assistance is provided for them to execute this right, it's part of good citizenship as well as being a member of the Armed Services that defend those rights.

4. Adriana Beltrn:

   Its illogical and its irresponsible. ... Youre talking about long-term challenges that are going to require long-term, sustainable solutions, so rather than helping to stabilize the situation and try to address these long-term challenges, the cut in assistance will only make the situation worse.

5. Jesus Seade:

   Their business is cooperation, assistance, disbursement of funds and reporting to the big interagency committee.