aid

¹aid

verb \ˈād\

Definition of AID

transitive verb

: to provide with what is useful or necessary in achieving an end

intransitive verb

: to give assistance

— aid·er noun

Examples of AID

1. They gave money in order to aid the cause.
2. She aided them in their efforts.
3. He jumped into the water to aid the drowning child.
4. a home run that was aided by the wind
5. She aided the government in the attempt to fight illiteracy.

Origin of AID

Middle English eyden, from Anglo-French aider, from Latin adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare, from ad- + juvare to help

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to AID

Synonyms: abet, help, assist, back, backstop, prop (up), support

Antonyms: hinder

Related Words: advance, ease, facilitate, forward, foster, further, launch; champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, promote, sponsor; attend, care (for), comfort, minister (to), succor; sustain; bolster, boost, buttress, reinforce (also reenforce); advise, counsel, guide, mentor, nurture; bail out, deliver, rescue, save; embolden, encourage, hearten; benefit, favor, oblige, profit, serve

Near Antonyms: balk, bar, block, constrain, hamper, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, restrain, strangle; baffle, foil, frustrate, inconvenience, interfere, oppose, sabotage, thwart; desert, disappoint, fail, let down; discourage, dishearten; repress, retard, stifle, straiten, stunt; damage, harm, hurt, injure

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Rhymes with AID

Ade, aide, blade, braid, cade, clade, fade, glade, grade, jade, lade, made, maid, paid, raid, rayed, shade, spade, stade, staid, suede, trade, wade