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Definitions for Assist

[1] to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
[2] to be associated with as an assistant or helper.
[3] to give aid or help.
[4] to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
[5] Sports . Baseball . a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner. Basketball , Ice Hockey . a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal. the official credit scored for such plays.
[6] a helpful act: She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
[7] Machinery . an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use: a luxury automobile equipped with assists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
[8] to give help or support to (a person, cause, etc); aid
[9] to work or act as an assistant or subordinate to (another)
[10] ice hockey to help (a team-mate) to score, as by passing the puck
[11] (intr foll by at ) archaic to be present; attend
[12] US and Canadian the act of helping; aid; assistance
[13] baseball the act of a player who throws or deflects a batted ball in such a way that a team is enabled to put out an opponent
[14] sport a pass or other action by a player which enables another player to score a goal a credit given for such an action

Words related to Assist

reinforce, boost, support, back, cooperate, benefit, sustain, aid, facilitate, expedite, service, backing, assistance, comfort, reinforcement, hand, collaboration, compensation, lift, furtherance

Words nearby Assist

assimilationism, assimilative, assiniboin, assiniboine, assisi, assist, assist-control ventilation, assistance, assistance dog, assistant, assistant professor

Origin of Assist

1505–15; < Latin assistere to stand by, help, equivalent to as- as- + sistere to (cause to) stand (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (variant of sta- stand) + -re infinitive suffix)

Other words from Assist

as·sist·er ; Chiefly Law , as·sis·tor , noun
as·sist·ive , adjective
non·as·sist·er , noun
o·ver·as·sist , verb
re·as·sist , verb (used with object)
un·as·sist·ed , adjective
un·as·sist·ing , adjective
well-as·sist·ed , adjective

Word origin for Assist

C15: from French assister to be present, from Latin assistere to stand by, from sistere to cause to stand, from stāre to stand

Synonyms for Assist

abetment, aid, assistance, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, facilitation, furtherance, hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support, helping hand