Actions

Synonyms for assist

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineActions

the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

He gave me an assist with the housework.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

help

Same sentence, swapped: He gave me an help with the housework.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for assist as it is used in the sentence above.

leadership
performing
leg

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Closest first: other actions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

leadershipnounleadingthe activity of leadingTreelineHas a reason line loyaltynouncommitmentthe act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of actionTreelineHas a reason line maneuvernounplaya deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skillTreeline meetingnouncongressthe social act of assembling for some common purposeTreeline2 senses liftnounraisethe act of raising somethingFoothills2 senses listeningnounhearingthe act of hearing attentivelyFoothillsHas a reason line capacitynouncontentthe amount that can be containedTreelineHas a reason line caravannountraina procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single fileTreeline

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