aided
Gave a hand
Aided is the past tense and past participle of aid, meaning helped or assisted.
Something aided by a tool or person receives support from it: computer-aided design, aided by a team of volunteers.
The word often appears in compound adjectives describing assistance: hearing-aided, government-aided programs.
Gave aid to
- assistedGave support to
- supportedGave aid or backing
- facilitatedMade something simpler
- enabledMade something possible
empowered · boosted · fostered · backed · promoted · advanced · encouraged · subsidized
helped
Gave aid to
- assistedGave support to
- supportedGave aid or backing
- facilitatedMade something simpler
enabled · empowered · boosted · fostered · backed · promoted · advanced · encouraged · subsidized · financed
comforted
Given emotional relief
- soothedCalmed or comforted
- easedMade less severe
- alleviatedMade less severe
palliated · succored · consoled · reassured · remedied · healed · mitigated · calmed · assuaged · lightened
wheelchair
Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired
prosthesis · glasses · braces · orthotics · handrails · ramp · sling · splint · cast · rollator
- supportedsupported, backed, helped out, assisted, upheld
- Irish MythologyFenian Cycle, Morrigan, Deirdre, Sidhe, Brigid
aidedunaided
Without external support
hindered · impeded · unassisted · obstructed · hampered
- first aidInitial injury treatment
- first aid kitEmergency treatment container
- first-aid kitEmergency treatment supplies
- hearing aidsPersonal sound amplifiers
- refugee aidHelp for displaced persons
- financial aidFunding for education expenses
aid, aide, aiding, first aid, aids, unaided, hearing aid, band-aid, visual aids