abetted

The word “abetted” has 3 syllables: a-bet-ted

It's pronounced as /əˈbɛtɪd/

What is synonym and antonym for abetted?

In the thesaurus, “abetted” has 105 synonyms and 65 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abetted along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for abetted

accompanied
activated
advanced
advised
aided
approved
assisted
attended
authoritative
authorized
backed
backstopped
bailed out
befriended
benefited
benefitted
bolstered
boosted
bore a hand
brewed
buttressed
canonical
certified
championed
comforted
counseled
counselled
cultivated
delivered
detonated
eased
emboldened
encouraged
endorsed
energized
enflamed
enlivened
ex officio
excited
facilitated
favored
fermented
fired
fomented
forwarded
fostered
furthered
galvanized
guided
heartened
helped
incited
indorsed
inflamed
inspired
instigated
invigorated
launched
lawful
legal
legit
legitimate
licensed
licit
maintained
mentored
motivated
nourished
nursed
nurtured
obliged
official
patronized
permissible
picked
profited
promoted
provoked
quickened
raised
reenforced
regulation
reinforced
relieved
rescued
roused
sanctioned
saved
semiofficial
served
set
set in motion
set off
sowed
sponsored
stimulated
stood one in good stead
subsidized
succored
suggested
supported
sustained
taken care of
triggered
vitalized

Antonyms for abetted

allayed
baffled
balked
barred
blocked
bridled
calmed
checked
constrained
curbed
damaged
deserted
disappointed
discouraged
disheartened
failed
foiled
frustrated
hampered
handicapped
harmed
held
held back
hindered
hurt
illegal
illegitimate
illicit
impeded
impermissible
inconvenienced
inhibited
injured
interfered
lawless
let down
nonofficial
obstructed
opposed
quieted
regulated
repressed
restrained
retarded
sabotaged
settled
soothed
stifled
stilled
straitened
strangled
stunted
subdued
tamed
thwarted
tranquilized
tranquillized
unapproved
unauthorized
unlawful
unlicensed
unofficial
unsanctioned
verboten
wrongful

Meanings of abetted

verb
1. To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
2. To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
3. To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
4. To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

Example Sentences

The conspirator was found guilty of having abetted the criminal enterprise.
The evidence showed that the insider had knowingly abetted the corporate fraud.
The investigation revealed that certain employees had abetted the embezzlement scheme.
The witness testified that the defendant had actively abetted the arson plot.
The court determined that the individual had abetted in the illegal distribution of confidential information.

On this page you'll find 170 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abetted, such as: accompanied, activated, advanced, advised, aided, allayed, approved.

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