Aid, v. a.
- 1. Assist, help, support, serve, speed, second, back, befriend, prosper, abet, co-operate with, take part
with, give support to, minister to, take turn with, relieve. See spell.
- 2. Succor, relieve, do kindness to, supply the necessities of, give alms (to).
Aid, n.
- 1. Assistance, help, furtherance, cooperation, patronage, support, helping hand, good offices. See lift.
- 2. Succor, relief, alms, bounty, subsidy.
- 3. Helper, assistant. See aider.
- 4. Aide-de-camp.
Aide-de-camp, n. [Fr.] (Mil.) Aid.
Aider, n. Helper, assistant, associate, coadjutor, co-operator, ally, auxiliary, abettor, subordinate, accessary, accessory, retainer, henchman, follower, satellite, acolyte.
Ail, v. a. Pain, trouble, afflict, be the matter with.
Ail, v. n. Suffer, be in pain, feel pain, be ill, peak, pine.
Ail, n. Disease. See ailment.
Ailing, a. Sickly, sick, ill, indisposed, unwell, diseased, feeble, infirm, weakly, poorly, delicate, languishing, unhealthy, in a feeble or bad way, out of sorts (colloq.), on the sick list, peaked, pining.
Ailment, n. Disease, ail, illness, sickness, ailing, indisposition, malady, distemper, disorder, complaint, infirmity, weakness.
Aim, v. a. Direct, level, point.
Aim, n.
- 1. Direction, course, bearing, tendency, bent, proclivity.
- 2. Intention, intent, purpose, design, scheme, reason, view, object, end, scope, drift, target, mark, goal,
point, final cause, endeavor, effort, attempt, undertaking.
Aim at.
- 1. Take aim at, point at, level at, direct toward.