assistance
Lending a hand
Assistance is help or support given to someone.
The word is slightly more formal than help and often appears in institutional contexts: financial assistance, technical assistance, Can I be of assistance?
To come to someone's assistance is to help them when they're in difficulty.
Assistance given
provision · backing · benefactor · contributor · donation · charity · grant · subsidy
Sponsorship and protection
- auspicesSponsorship and guidance
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
- protectionGuarding against harm
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
supervision · guardianship · trusteeship · custodianship · care · charge · wing · shelter
Guidance on decisions
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- directionWay something faces
- instructionGuidance for action
tutoring · consultation · training · coaching · education · navigation · roadmap · strategy
Ease or soothing relief
- alleviationReduction of intensity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- solaceRelief from distress
- succorHelp given in distress
ease · mitigation · palliation · remedy · healing · therapy · recovery · restoration
Aid or sponsorship
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- defenseProtection against harm
protection · upholding · sponsorship · patronage · lobbying · representation · intercession · bolstering
Technical assistance service
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- customerBuyer of goods
- technicianSkilled practical worker
- troubleshootingSystematic fault diagnosis
maintenance · repair · consultation · representative · agent · response · solution · diagnosis
Joint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
collective · synergy · networking · reciprocal · interdependent · combined · shared · concerted
help
Assistance given
relief · provision · backing · benefactor · contributor · donation · charity · grant · subsidy · scholarship
aegis
Sponsorship and protection
- auspicesSponsorship and guidance
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
- protectionGuarding against harm
oversight · supervision · guardianship · trusteeship · custodianship · care · charge · wing · shelter · benefaction
advice
Guidance on decisions
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- directionWay something faces
instruction · tutoring · consultation · training · coaching · education · navigation · roadmap · strategy · planning
comfort
Ease or soothing relief
- alleviationReduction of intensity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- solaceRelief from distress
succor · ease · mitigation · palliation · remedy · healing · therapy · recovery · restoration · reprieve
backing
Aid or sponsorship
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- promotionRank increase or publicity
defense · protection · upholding · sponsorship · patronage · lobbying · representation · intercession · bolstering · reinforcement
helpdesk
Technical assistance service
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- customerBuyer of goods
- technicianSkilled practical worker
troubleshooting · maintenance · repair · consultation · representative · agent · response · solution · diagnosis · warranty
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
coordination · collective · synergy · networking · reciprocal · interdependent · combined · shared · concerted · affiliation
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, support
- benevolencealtruism, benevolence, charity work, generosity, giving
- community supportmutual aid, food bank, volunteering, caregiving, donations
- fundingfunding, grant, loan, grants, venture capital
- Social Supportfamily support, friendship, community ties, trust, loyalty
- Support Networkssupport networks, peer support, social workers, counselors, therapists
assistancehindrance
Barrier to progress
impediment · interference · obstruction · opposition · resistance
assistanceneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · desertion · indifference · disregard · inaction
- teaching assistantAcademic support role
- personal assistantHired organizational helper
- lab assistantResearch support worker
- assistant managerSubordinate leadership position
- assistant principalSchool administrator beneath principal
- virtual assistantSoftware providing automated help
assistant, assistants, assistantship, assistantships, assistant professor