Synonyms of service

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noun

ˈsər-vəs 

1

as in kindness

an act of kind assistance

performed many services for the charitable organization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kindness
• privilege
• grace
• courtesy
• mercy
• indulgence
• blessing
• benefit
• benevolence
• favor
• advantage
• waiver
• turn
• boon
• dispensation
• license
• liberty
• licence
• godsend
• manna

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interference
• obstacle
• impediment
• hindrance
• hurdle

2

as in use

the capacity for being useful for some purpose

that broom is worn out beyond all service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• use
• usefulness
• avail
• utility
• assistance
• help
• mileage
• benefit
• serviceability
• serviceableness
• value
• account
• advantage
• aid
• relevance
• gain
• fitness
• applicability
• profit
• appropriateness
• worth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worthlessness
• uselessness
• inapplicability
• inappropriateness

3

as in troops

the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation

at the time the country had about a million men and women in the service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• troops
• military
• soldiers
• armed forces
• colors
• force
• servicemen
• defense
• militia
• rank and file
• soldiery
• reserves
• GIs
• servicewomen
• armor
• gendarmerie
• men-at-arms
• gendarmery
• GI's

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilians
• noncombatants

4

as in agency

a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization

the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agency
• department
• office
• bureau
• desk
• branch
• division
• arm
• subdivision
• subdepartment

service

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adjective

as in military

of or relating to the armed services

spent his time in the army as a correspondent for service newspapers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• military
• martial
• naval
• paramilitary
• mercenary
• regular
• militant
• enlisted
• soldierly
• warlike
• militaristic
• gladiatorial
• militarist
• GI

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civil
• civilian
• nonmilitary

service

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verb

as in to condition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• condition
• maintain
• aid
• ready
• care (for)
• prepare
• restore
• right
• refresh
• renew
• help
• revitalize
• revive
• rejuvenate
• reform
• cure
• freshen
• improve
• overhaul
• regenerate
• modify
• correct
• redress
• better
• heal
• rebuild
• rectify
• adjust
• refreshen
• fix up
• repair
• enhance
• refurbish
• enrich
• patch
• reconstruct
• ameliorate
• furbish
• revamp
• renovate
• doctor
• meliorate
• recondition
• fix
• mend

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• damage
• hurt
• break
• harm
• impair
• ruin
• wreck
• flaw
• spoil
• injure
• mar
• deface
• blemish
• disable
• disfigure
• cripple
• vandalize
• mutilate
• maim
• mangle

Examples of service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In a statement this month, Centene's senior vice president of clinical and specialty services, Sarah Baiocchi, said Wellcare would offer the Value Script plan with no premium in 43 states. —Susan Jaffe, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024

Behind the scenes: One of the effort's advisers will be pro golfer Rory McIlroy, who previously worked with TPG on its deal for golf facilities services company Troon. —Dan Primack, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024

Adjective

The Spa at the Breakers in Palm Beach (pictured here) is just one service provider that includes pre-service consult to make guests facing physical limitations or special considerations feel incredibly welcome and at ease before stepping into their facilities. —Zee Krstic, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 May 2023

Some afternoons, the answer is no, which is just the reality for a small counter-service operation with a large menu apparently designed for almost every taqueria in the chain. —Tim Carman, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023

Verb

The company has two distribution centers in the U.S., one in Bethlehem, Pa., which gives coverage for the Northeast into the Midwest, and in Jacksonville, Fla., to service the Southeast and Texas. —David Moin, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024

Net income for the first half of the year was down 92% from a year earlier, meaning there’s not much cash floating around to service that debt. —Peter Green, Quartz, 5 Oct. 2024