Definition of assistance

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• assistance is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• assistance is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• assistance is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of assistance

• a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do (noun)

  Examples

  1. his job was to give technical assistance over the phone

  Synonyms

  1. aid
  2. help
• the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun)

  Examples

  1. could not walk without assistance

  Synonyms

  1. aid
  2. assist
  3. help
• gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause (noun)

  Examples

  1. economic assistance to depressed areas

  Synonyms

  1. aid
  2. economic aid
  3. economic assistance
  4. financial aid
  5. financial assistance

See definition of assistance in Merriam Webster