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aid

/eɪd/noun, verb1 syllable

Aid means: gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause.

Synonyms for aid20

noun, as in gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause

economic aid, financial aid, assistance, financial assistance, economic assistance

noun, as in the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

assist, assistance, help

noun, as in the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

care, attention, tending

noun, as in a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

assistance, help

verb, as in give help or assistance; be of service

help, assist

verb, as in improve the condition of

help

also used for aid

befriend, bestand, cooperate, promote, relieve, succor, succour, support, sustain, serve

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What does aid mean?6

noun

1

gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause“economic assistance to depressed areas”

2

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”

3

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something“no medical care was required”

4

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do“visual aids in teaching”

verb

1

give help or assistance; be of service“Everyone helped out during the earthquake”

2

improve the condition of“These pills will help the patient”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with aid?57

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All 57 rhymes for aid, grouped by syllable

Aid in a sentence

  • He endured to sacrifice his daughter, as an aid to war.mhenderson5
  • Before you open up the band-aid, make sure your hands are clean.Amastan
  • Volatile aid and investment inflows have limited growth, and poverty remains high.The_World_Factbook
  • Instead of coming to her aid, he stood there watching.sundown
  • Diplomacy, peacekeeping, and humanitarian aid are critical responses to a genocidal war.Amastan
  • The tape recorder is a useful aid to teaching.shekitten
  • We concluded that mutual aid was essential for attaining the goal.unknown
  • Esperanto is an aid for teaching foreign languages.shekitten

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Forms of aid

as a noun

plural
aids

as a verb

past tense
aided
present participle
aiding
third-person singular
aids
past participle
aided