subserve
Help achieve goals
Subserve means to serve in a supporting or subordinate capacity, to be useful in promoting a purpose or end.
The word implies that one thing advances or assists another: The committee's work subserves the larger goals of the organization.
Subserve is formal and somewhat rare, appearing mostly in academic or institutional contexts where functions and purposes are being analyzed.
Add strength to something
- bolsterStrengthen or buttress
- underpinSupport from below
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- upholdMaintain or confirm officially
sustain · backstop · fortify · strengthen · complement · contribute · promote · advance
Providing additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
secondary · adjunct · accessory · instrumental · contributory · collateral · incidental · supportive
reinforce
Add strength to something
uphold · sustain · backstop · fortify · strengthen · complement · contribute · promote · advance · further
ancillary
Providing additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
auxiliary · secondary · adjunct · accessory · instrumental · contributory · collateral · incidental · supportive · dependent
operate
Control or perform surgery
discharge · carry out · attend to · cater to · answer to · purpose · role · utility · capacity