abets
The word “abets” has 2 syllables: a-bets
It's pronounced as /əˈbɛts/
What is synonym and antonym for abets?
In the thesaurus, “abets” has 78 synonyms and 51 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for abets along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for abets
- activates
- advances
- advises
- aids
- assists
- attends
- backs
- backstops
- bails out
- bears a hand
- benefits
- bolsters
- boosts
- brews
- buttresses
- champions
- comforts
- counsels
- cultivates
- delivers
- detonates
- eases
- emboldens
- encourages
- endorses
- energizes
- enflames
- enlivens
- excites
- facilitates
- favors
- ferments
- fires
- foments
- forwards
- fosters
- furthers
- galvanizes
- guides
- heartens
- helps
- incites
- indorses
- inflames
- inspires
- instigates
- invigorates
- launches
- mentors
- motivates
- nourishes
- nurtures
- obliges
- patronizes
- picks
- profits
- promotes
- provokes
- quickens
- raises
- reenforces
- reinforces
- rescues
- rouses
- saves
- serves
- sets
- sets in motion
- sets off
- sows
- sponsors
- stands one in good stead
- stimulates
- succors
- supports
- sustains
- triggers
- vitalizes
Antonyms for abets
- allays
- baffles
- balks
- bars
- blocks
- bridles
- calms
- checks
- constrains
- curbs
- damages
- deserts
- disappoints
- discourages
- disheartens
- fails
- foils
- frustrates
- hampers
- handicaps
- harms
- hinders
- holds
- holds back
- hurts
- impedes
- inconveniences
- inhibits
- injures
- interferes
- lets down
- obstructs
- opposes
- quiets
- regulates
- represses
- restrains
- retards
- sabotages
- settles
- soothes
- stifles
- stills
- straitens
- strangles
- stunts
- subdues
- tames
- thwarts
- tranquilizes
- tranquillizes
Meanings of abets
- noun
- Fraud or cunning.
- An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
- verb
- To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
- To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
- To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
Example Sentences
- The evidence suggested that he knowingly abets the illegal smuggling operation.
- The whistleblower claimed that certain officials actively abets corruption within the government.
- The criminal was charged with conspiring to abets his accomplice in evading capture.
- The cybercrime unit focused on identifying individuals who might be abets in the hacking activities.
- The witness testified that the suspect had willingly abets the destruction of crucial documents.
On this page you'll find 129 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abets, such as: activates, advances, advises, aids, allays, assists, attends.
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