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assistance
noun
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Divide assistance into syllables:

as · sis · tance

How to pronounce assistance:

Definition of assistance:

assistance (noun):
help or support
the act of helping or assisting someone or the help supplied aid
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.

Synonyms for assistance:

abetment
accommodation
activity
advice
aid
assist
backing
benefit
boost
collaboration
comfort
cooperation
economic aid
economic assistance
encouragement
facilitation
financial aid
financial assistance
furtherance
guidance
hand
help
helping hand
lift
ministration
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Antonyms for assistance:

affliction
albatross
antagonism
attack
bad luck
baggage
balk
ball and chain
bar
barrier
baulk
block
blockage
blow
bottleneck
brake
burden
catch
chain
check
clog
competition
complication
constraint
contretemps
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