Synonyms of aiding

aiding 1 of 2

adjective

as in helping

Related Words

• helping
• relieving
• computerized
• easing
• motorized
• nonmanual
• mechanical
• automated
• time-saving
• automatic
• robotic
• laborsaving
• semiautomatic
• self-operating
• self-acting
• self-regulating

Dissimilar Words

• nonautomatic
• nonautomated

aiding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of aid

as in assisting

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

sought to aid her in her search for a dachshund puppy by looking online

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aiding

Verb

Additionally, this decision meant Microsoft could not be held liable for allegedly aiding and abetting OpenAI. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026

Musk also accused Microsoft of aiding and abetting the trust breach. —Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 18 May 2026

Musk also sued Microsoft for aiding OpenAI through investments totaling $13 billion between 2019 and 2023. —John Ruwitch, NPR, 18 May 2026

And then with this new administration and new focus on the Mexican cartels, superseding indictment was handed down just in March where this scheme and the people who own this shop were involved in aiding terrorism because these cartels have been designated as foreign terrorists. —Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 May 2026

The transformation of decaying riads into hotels has often meant aiding the restoration of Marrakech’s UNESCO heritage site. —Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

Eckardt brings claims for civil conspiracy and aiding and abetting, among others. —Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026

Musk named Microsoft as a defendant in his 2024 lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company — a major backer of OpenAI — of aiding the AI startup's alleged breach of its charitable trust. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 May 2026

Sampath of Flower Mound, Texas, is charged with one felony count of money laundering, having a financial interest in a contract or purchase made in an official capacity and aiding and abetting a government official to have a financial interest in a contract or purchase made in an official capacity. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026