Definition for Succour:

• Help; aid; assistance; assistance that relieves from want or distress; the person or thing that brings relief.

Synonyms for Succour:

• n.

  •befriend (noun)
  • befriend.
  •relief (noun)
  • relief.
  •succor (noun)
  • succor.
  •succour (noun)
  • ministration.

• Other synonyms:

  •v.
  • aid,
  • assist,
  • assistance,
  • comfort,
  • console,
  • deed,
  • help,
  • nourish.

Paraphrases for Succour:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    help.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    relief, rescue, assistance, aid.

Succour Sentence Examples:

• Even should they by some miracle have escaped and been received and spared by a friendly nation, what hope had I of the succour which I knew they would gladly extend if it lay in their power.

• The tide being with them and the wind light, the rest of the Fleet tried in vain to return to her assistance, and as the Dutch Fleet were fast coming up, and some of the fire - ships making for the Royal Prince, they were forced to give up the attempt to succour her, and Sir George Ayscue, her captain, was obliged to haul down his flag and surrender.