Synonyms for succor

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhk-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌk ər

Définition of succor

Origin : early 13c., from Anglo-French succors "help, aid," Old French sucurres, from Medieval Latin succursus "help, assistance," from past participle of Latin succurrere "run to help," from sub "up to" + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Final -s mistaken as a plural inflexion and dropped late 13c.

noun assistance
noun aid

Example sentences :

What are kings made for, save to succor the feeble and distressed?
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

We slept five times instead of thrice and still no succor came.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

She must have heard and have known that people were there, trying to succor her.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

They dashed after their new leader with only an instinct for shelter and succor.
Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

She was alone; he was hidden from the view of the men on the point, and no succor could come from them.
Extract from : « Devil's Ford » by Bret Harte

Once around the turn of the drive, she would be in sight of succor.
Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain

Suppose that her cry for succor is real, can I, can any man who hears it, refuse to heed?
Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland

Mindarus and Pharnabazus, coming to their succor were utterly defeated.
Extract from : « The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch » by Plutarch

However, for all its strangeness, they rightfully interpreted it to be an appeal for succor.
Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb

Thousands of leagues have I travelled to seek and succor thee.
Extract from : « Historic Boys » by Elbridge Streeter Brooks

Antonyms for succor

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