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Synonyms for succour

14 synonyms
17 antonyms
2 meanings

verb
noun
British English

Most common

help aid support comfort

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Aid — to give aid, assistance, or help

help, aid, support, comfort, assist, relieve, foster, undergird, remedy, abet dated, befriend dated

Noun

1. Relief

relief, ministration

Other

Antonyms

hurt, torment, anguish

All antonyms of succour →

Definitions

v. 1
To give aid, assistance, or help.
n. 1
Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

Related words

Other spellings: succor US

Forms

Plural: succours → reliefs, ministrations, assistances…
Past participle: succoured
e.g. succoured → helpt, aided, supported, comforted…

Example sentences

aid When I need help, an angel always comes to my aid.
assist If you could assist me, it would be a great help.
comfort Mary took her daughter in her arms to comfort her.
relieve William taught Sandra to scream to relieve stress.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
succour		steady
aid		falling
assist		falling
comfort		rising
relieve		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: aid¹
4 letters: help¹, abet²
6 letters: relief², assist², foster², remedy³
7 letters: support², comfort², relieve²
8 letters: befriend²
9 letters: undergird
10 letters: assistance³
12 letters: ministration⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abet² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: secourir
Español: socorrer
Deutsch: beistehen
Català: socórrer