succor

Speech parts

1. succor - Noun

2. succor - Verb

Meaning

To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city.

Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.

The person or thing that brings relief.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

help relief assist comfort relieve ministration succour back support further service hand foster serve attention
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Antonyms

Straits prevent blight reduce damage stop
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Hypernyms

help aid assistance assist

Hyponyms

comfort mercy consolation solace

Phrases with the word

Succor Creek sagebrush

Derivatives

succored succoring

Anagrams

crocus Roccus occurs

Examples

the contributions provided some relief for the victims Source: Internet

“No doubt we could hear the people praising him with many lauding him as the Messiah God sent to bring succor and hope to the less privileged, he has touched the lives of people irrespective of family and tribe”. Source: Internet

Anxious thanksgiving hosts fly to the pages of DI/DO in search of succor, and see the familiar face of Julia Child, click, and feel better. Source: Internet

In the Federation, efforts to replenish diminished resources and give succor to millions of evacuees are thwarted at every turn. Source: Internet

They gave you succor, hope, and respite - none of which the damned deserved." Source: Internet

We succor the sinner before they recognize or grieve their sin. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

succision succisulfone succivorous Succor Creek sagebrush succorable succorer