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gimmick
noun. contrived object; scheme
  • aid
  • apparatus
  • artifice
  • catch
  • concern
  • counterfeit
  • deceit
  • device
  • dodge
  • fake
  • feint
  • fixture
  • fun
  • gadget
  • gambit
  • game
  • gizmo
  • imposture
  • instrument
  • jest
  • maneuver
  • means
  • method
  • ploy
  • ruse
  • secret
  • shift
  • sport
  • stratagem
  • stunt
  • trick
  • widget
  • wile

help
noun. assistance, relief
  • advice
  • aid
  • assist
  • avail
  • balm
  • benefit
  • comfort
  • cooperation
  • corrective
  • cure
  • guidance
  • hand
  • helping hand
  • lift
  • maintenance
  • nourishment
  • remedy
  • service
  • succor
  • support
  • sustenance
  • use
  • utility

kindness
noun. helping act; service
  • accommodation
  • aid
  • alms
  • assistance
  • benediction
  • benefaction
  • benevolence
  • benison
  • blessing
  • boon
  • boost
  • bounty
  • charity
  • dispensation
  • favor
  • generosity
  • good deed
  • good turn
  • help
  • indulgence
  • lift
  • mercy
  • philanthropy
  • relief
  • succor

largess
adj. generosity
  • aid
  • alms
  • altruistic
  • benefaction
  • benevolent
  • charitable
  • charity
  • donation
  • endowment
  • generous
  • gift
  • giving
  • philanthropy
  • thoughtful

means
noun. way, method
  • agency
  • agent
  • aid
  • apparatus
  • auspices
  • avenue
  • channel
  • course
  • dodge
  • equipment
  • expedient
  • factor
  • fashion
  • gimmick
  • instrument
  • instrumentality
  • instrumentation
  • intermediary
  • machinery
  • manner
  • measure
  • mechanism
  • medium
  • ministry
  • mode
  • modus operandi
  • organ
  • organization
  • paraphernalia
  • path
  • power
  • process
  • road
  • route
  • step
  • stepping-stone
  • system
  • tactic
  • technique
  • trick
  • vehicle
  • ways and means

mend
verb. correct, improve, fix
  • aid
  • ameliorate
  • amend
  • better
  • condition
  • convalesce
  • cure
  • darn
  • doctor
  • emend
  • fiddle with
  • gain
  • get better
  • get well
  • heal
  • knit
  • look up
  • overhaul
  • patch
  • perk up
  • ready
  • rebuild
  • recondition
  • reconstruct
  • recover
  • rectify
  • recuperate
  • redress
  • refit
  • reform
  • refurbish
  • rejuvenate
  • remedy
  • renew
  • renovate
  • repair
  • restore
  • retouch
  • revamp
  • revise
  • right
  • service
  • sew

minister
verb. help, serve
  • accommodate
  • administer
  • aid
  • answer
  • attend
  • be solicitous of
  • cater to
  • cure
  • do for
  • doctor
  • foster
  • heal
  • nurse
  • pander
  • pander to
  • remedy
  • succor
  • take care of
  • tend
  • treat
  • wait on
  • watch over

nurse
verb. care for, tend
  • advance
  • aid
  • attend
  • baby-sit
  • cherish
  • cradle
  • cultivate
  • encourage
  • father
  • feed
  • forward
  • foster
  • further
  • harbor
  • humor
  • immunize
  • indulge
  • inoculate
  • irradiate
  • keep alive
  • keep an eye on
  • keep tabs on
  • look after
  • medicate
  • minister to
  • mother
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • pamper
  • preserve
  • promote
  • see to
  • serve
  • sit
  • succor
  • support
  • take care of
  • take charge of
  • treat
  • vaccinate
  • wait on
  • watch out for
  • watch over

oblige
verb. do a favor or kindness
  • accommodate
  • aid
  • assist
  • avail
  • bend over backward
  • benefit
  • come around
  • contribute
  • convenience
  • don't make waves
  • favor
  • fill the bill
  • fit in
  • go fifty-fifty
  • gratify
  • grin and bear it
  • help
  • indulge
  • make a deal
  • make room
  • meet halfway
  • please
  • profit
  • put oneself out
  • roll with it
  • serve
  • swim with the tide
  • take it
  • toe the mark
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Word Origin & History

aid late 15c., "help, assistance," from O.Fr. aide, earlier aiudha, from L.L. adjuta, from fem. pp. of L. adiuvare (pp. adiutus) "to give help to," from ad- "to" + juvare "to help" (see adjutant). Meaning "thing by which assistance is given" is recorded from c.1600. Meaning "material help given by one country to another" is from 1940.

Example Sentences for aid

The poor dog heard the tumult, and leapt to your aid, sir, and we made after him.

This operation is performed by a female, with the aid of a stamp.

This operation is performed by the aid of a punch and die fitted into a screw-press.

This process is performed by girls, with the aid of what is called a “bob” or “glazer.”

And not a hand lifted to aid him while he went to work with the bandaging.

The spasm of fear which crosses my heart summons it to my aid.

This is the true American system, and I look to you to aid in carrying it out.

If I could summon any one of the three to my aid and comfort I would.

Andrew is the counsellor, comforter, safety, and aid in any trouble.

At first, by the aid of the furniture, she was able to get to the balcony.

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