assistance, n. [aid], [succor], [relief], [coöperation], reinforcement, collaboration, subservience.
assistant, a. [helping], [auxiliary], subsidiary, [coöperating], adjuvant.
assistant, n. [helper], [auxiliary], [aider], coöperator, collaborator, coadjutor; abettor, [aid], [accessory], [ally], adjuvant, adjunct, confrère, [accomplice], [confederate], subsidiary.
assisting, a. [auxiliary], subsidiary, [assistant].
associate, v. [join], [connect], affiliate; fraternize, consort, hobnob.
associate, n. [companion], intimate, [mate], fellow, consort, [comrade], yoke-fellow, [chum], [crony], compeer; colleague, confrère, [partner], collaborator, coöperator.
association, n. [affiliation], [connection], intimacy, conjunction, [combination], participation, collaboration, collusion, [coöperation], coadjuvancy; [fraternity], sodality, syndicate, confraternity, [league], corporation, [guild]. Antonyms: disassociation, [disconnection].
assume, v. undertake; presume, presuppose, postulate, take for granted; arrogate, [appropriate]; [affect], [simulate], [pretend], [feign].
assumed, a. [supposed], postulated; [make-believe], pretended, [feigned].
assuming, a. pretentious, presumptuous.