Synonyms of abetting

abetting 1 of 2

adjective

as in assisting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assisting
• aiding
• facilitating
• smoothing
• promoting
• nurturing
• fostering
• easing
• forwarding
• encouraging
• furthering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventive
• prophylactic
• preventative
• precautionary
• deterrent
• deterring
• neutralizing
• negating
• nullifying

abetting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of abet

1

as in provoking

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being

the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• promoting
• encouraging
• raising
• inciting
• fomenting
• triggering
• instigating
• stirring (up)
• whipping (up)
• fermenting
• cultivating
• picking
• stimulating
• brewing
• furthering
• fostering
• setting in motion
• forwarding
• advancing
• nurturing
• motivating
• inspiring
• sowing
• nourishing
• detonating
• setting off
• inflaming
• exciting
• activating
• galvanizing
• energizing
• rousing
• quickening
• enlivening
• invigorating
• enflaming
• setting
• firing
• vitalizing
• pepping (up)
• jazzing (up)
• livening (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulating
• inhibiting
• restraining
• curbing
• discouraging
• holding
• checking
• constraining
• taming
• reining (in)
• bridling
• subduing
• allaying
• settling
• soothing
• quieting
• calming
• stilling
• tranquilizing
• tranquillizing

2

as in aiding

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end

car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aiding
• assisting
• helping
• supporting
• reinforcing
• facilitating
• backing
• propping (up)
• promoting
• backstopping
• endorsing
• encouraging
• saving
• furthering
• guiding
• bolstering
• sponsoring
• bearing a hand
• fostering
• forwarding
• standing one in good stead
• indorsing
• comforting
• championing
• rescuing
• patronizing
• attending
• sustaining
• launching
• serving
• advancing
• benefiting
• benefitting
• succoring
• ministering (to)
• easing
• reenforcing
• advising
• profiting
• mentoring
• counselling
• buttressing
• nurturing
• caring (for)
• emboldening
• boosting
• obliging
• favoring
• counseling
• bailing out
• delivering
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hindering
• impeding
• obstructing
• restraining
• interfering
• inhibiting
• opposing
• blocking
• hampering
• thwarting
• barring
• constraining
• strangling
• handicapping
• failing
• holding back
• sabotaging
• balking
• deserting
• frustrating
• discouraging
• disappointing
• baffling
• retarding
• letting down
• inconveniencing
• foiling
• stifling
• repressing
• harming
• damaging
• stunting
• disheartening
• hurting
• injuring
• straitening