assist

/əsˈɪst/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. 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”
2. (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play

verb

1. give help or assistance; be of service
   “Everyone helped out during the earthquake”
2. act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
3. work for or be a servant to
   “May I serve you?”

Synonyms for assist

• aid
• assistance
• help
• serve
• attend to
• wait on
• attend

Words that rhyme with assist

• twist
• list
• resist
• consist
• mist
• enlist
• insist
• nativist
• persist
• blacklist
• coexist
• cyst
• exist
• gist
• oculist
• pissed
• recidivist
• spiritualist
• tryst
• anarchist
• anthologist
• checklist
• delist
• desist
• dismissed
• epidemiologist
• fist
• grist
• missed
• numismatist