Encourage, abettance, a leg up, abet, accelerate, and boost are all synonyms for aid. Hindrance and hinder are these antonyms of aid. And here are another 64 synonyms for aid.
Aid Synonyms
1. support
- Abettance
- Assistance
- Backing
- Cooperation
- Encouragement
- Help
- Succour
- Support
- A helping hand
2. contributions
- A leg up
- Alms
- Backing
- Benefits
- Bursaries
- Charity
- Contributions
- Debt remission
- Donations
- Financial assistance
- Funding
- Gifts
- Grants
- Handouts
- Largesse
- Offerings
- Patronage
- Relief
- Scholarships
- Sponsorship
- Subsidies
- Subvention
- Welfare
- Shot in the arm
3. abet
- Abet
- Assist
- Avail
- Back up
- Back
- Be of service to
- Come to the aid of
- Give assistance to
- Help
- Lend a hand to
- Second
- Stand by
- Succour
- Support
- Sustain
- Uphold
4. encourage
- Accelerate
- Boost
- Encourage
- Expedite
- Facilitate
- Further
- Give a boost/lift/push to
- Hasten
- Help
- Promote
- Smooth/clear the way for
- Speed up
- Spur on
- Opposite