Assist and Try

Opposite meaning words

Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Try is an antonym for assist.

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Assist is an antonym for try in bother topic.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

humanity	assist humanity	try humanity
man	assist man	try man
woman	assist woman	try woman
people	assist people	try people
Other words: someone, team, way, player, times, friends, heroes.

No Social Skills: Cupcake uses her telepathy to try and assist in getting to know colts.

Source: Fan Fic / Harmony's Warriors
In the 1998 version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft included a little avatar named Clippy (since it looked like a paperclip) who would try and assist the user if it looked like they were doing something.

Source: Exposition Fairy
He is so suspicious and hardened than even when someone does try to assist him (a kindly priest) Valjean instead steals his silver.

Source: Society Is to Blame

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