assistance

/əsˈɪstəns/ · 3 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. a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
   “visual aids in teaching”
3. gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
   “economic assistance to depressed areas”

Synonyms for assistance

• aid
• assist
• help
• economic aid
• financial aid
• financial assistance
• economic assistance

Words that rhyme with assistance

• resistance
• distance
• insistence
• persistence
• subsistence
• consistence
• existence
• coexistence
• outdistance
• resistence