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Definition: Succor |
SuccorNoun1. Assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims". Verb1. Help in a difficult situation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "succor" was first used: 12th century. (references) |
Synonyms: SuccorSynonyms: ministration (n), relief (n), succour (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | Verb: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid; n. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid; Noun: give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow;help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to. |
Noun: aid, aidance; assistance, help, opitulation, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy; (cooperation). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Succor |
| English words defined with "succor": relief valve, Right of support ♦ Succored, Succoring, Succorless, Support arms ♦ the hour, To help up, To serve the time. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "succor": Succursal. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | O Almighty God, hear us, we beseech Thee, and bring succor and guidance to those we are about to bring to Your divine notice. (Drums Along the Mohawk; writing credit: Walter D. Edmonds; Sonya Levien) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Succor CreekRangelandFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |  | After the Battle of Gravelotte--Sisters of Mercy arriving on the battle field to succor the wounded. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lady our prompt succor | 8 |
succor | 3 |
creek succor | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "succor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndihmoj (administer, advance, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, bestead, chip in, contribute, facilitate, further, give a hand, help, help out, lend a hand, make for, meet halfway, pander, promote, relieve, subserve, succour, support, take effect, tide over), ndihmë (aid, assistance, backstop, bee, boon, charity, dole, endowment, facilitation, help, relief, stay, subsidy, subvention, succour, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مساعدة (aid, assist, assistance, benefit, contribution, good turn, grant, help, relief, subsidy, succour, support), نجدة (aid, help, relief, salvage, sos, succour, support), غوث (aid, relief, succour), عين (allocate, appoint, assign, assist, constitute, create, define, delimit, designate, eye, install, institute, make, name, ordain, peeper, poach, post, prefix, put, rescue, set smb. on smb., specify, state, succour, supply, tap), عون (aid, assistance, backing, benefit, boost, comfort, lift, relief, succour), خفف (alleviate, attemper, attenuate, deaden, ease off, extenuate, gloss over the facts, lessen, mitigate, modify, muffle, palliate, qualify, relax, relent, relieve, remit, slack, slake, slim, solace, subdue, succour, thin, water down), إسعاف (relief, succour), أسعف (relieve, succour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | притичвам се на помощ на (come to the rescue of, succour), помощ дадена във време на нужда (succour), подпомагам (advantage, aid, back, boost, facilitate, forward, further, get along, help, help on, help up, nurse, patronize, promote, prosper, relieve, set forward, subserve, succour, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 援手 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pomoc v nouzi (yeoman service), přispìt (assist, chip in, contribute, oblige, redound, relieve, succour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یاری(succour), یاری کردن (Aid, Help), موجب کمک , کمک برای رهاءی ازپریشانی , کمک (Adjutant, Aid, Ancillary, Assist, Assistance, Avail, Hand, Help, Helper, Helpmeet, Mate, Relief, Second, Service, Subservience, Support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | secours (relief supplies, succour, support), secourir (succour), venir l'aide de qn, aide (succour), abri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hilfe (aid, assistance, easement, help, relief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έρχομαι (come, come along, come on, come over, come to, succour), συντρέχω (concur, subserve, succour), βοηθώ (aid, assist, be of assistance, befriend, help, help along, help out, lend a hand, succour), βοήθεια (aid, assistance, help, helping, lift, succour, support), περίθαλψη (attention, care, hospitalization, nursing, relief, succour), αρωγόσ (aid, booster, succorer, succour), αρωγή (help, relief, succour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לסיע (aid, assist, befriend, facilitate, help), עזר" (aid, assistance, help, helping, succour), סיוע (aid, assistance, facilitation, help, succour, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | segítség (aid, assistance, help, mayday, relief, subsidy, succour, support), segít (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, help, lean, minister, relieve, succour, support, sustain, to aid, to assist, to avail, to back up, to bear a hand, to help, to lend a hand, to minister, to stead, to succour, to support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | soccorso (aid, assistance, help, relief, rescue, succour), soccorrere (aid, assist, help, relieve, succour), aiutare (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, befriend, help, help each other, help oneself, relieve, render, see through, stimulate, succour, support, to help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 匡救 (delivering from sin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうきゅう (delivering from sin, provision, supply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uccorsay socorrer (accomodate, help, relieve, rescue, succour), vir em auxílio de (succour), auxiliar (accessorial, accomodate, adjunct, adjuvant, aid, ancillary, assist, assistant, auxilary, auxiliary, avail, back, cad, candle-holder, favor, favour, friend, hand, handy man, help, helper, lend a hand, minister, ministerial, patronize, preventer, protect, relieve, second, secondary, subsidiary, succour, support), ajudar (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, encourage, further, help, lend a hand, minister, pilot, relieve, serve, subserve, succour, support, to help). (various references) sprijin (aid, assistance, backing, comfort, furtherance, help, ministration, patronage, prop, reliance, reposal, saddle, service, staff, stay, strength, succour, support, supporter), ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, benefit, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succour, support, sustain), întãrituri (draft, lodgment, succour), înlesnire (aid, easement, facilitation, help, succour). (various references) помощь (aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, hand, help, helping, relief, succour). (various references) pomoći (assist, avail, bale out, give a hand, help, help out, stand by, succour, tide, tide over), pomoć (aid, assistance, boost, help, helping, lift, relief, succour), pomaganje (helping, succour), pojačanje (amplification, reinforcement, succour). (various references) socorro (aid, assistance, help, relief, rescue, succour, support), socorrer (help, relieve, succour). (various references) ช่วยเหลือ (oblige), ผู้ช่วยเหลือ, การช่วยเหลือ (saving). (various references) yardımına koşmak (bat for, come to smb.'s aid, come to smb.'s rescue, rally), yardıma gelmek, yardım (aid, alms, assist, assistance, backing, backup, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donation, donative, Favor, favour, furtherance, hand, help, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, shot, stand by, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), imdat (help, rescue, succour), imdadına yetişmek (come to help, help, rescue, succour), destek kuvvetleri (auxiliaries, auxiliary troops). (various references) надіслати підкріплення (succour), притулок (accommodation, asylum, bield, chimney, cover, harbour, niche, nook, port, purlieu, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, subterfuge, succour), подавати допомогу (administer, administrate, aid, relieve, render service, succour), допомога (abetment, aid, assistance, backing, bield, facilitation, furtherance, help, helping, relief, stipend, succour). (various references) sự giúp đỡ (aid, assistance, backing, help, ministration, succour), sự cứu giúp (aid, help, ministration, succour). (various references) swcro, ymgeleddu (befriend, cherish), adeinio (fly), achlesu (manure, protect, shelter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adiuvo, subvenio, suffragium. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | succursus. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | succors. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 2, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En w gar peponqen autoV peirasqeiV dunatai toiV peirazomenoiV bohqhsai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In eo enim in quo passus est ipse temptatus potens est eis qui temptantur auxiliari |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For in that thing in which he suffride, and was temptid, he is miyti to helpe also hem that ben temptid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For in that he him silfe suffered and was tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hebrews Chapter 2, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Kay maingon nga siya gayud nakaantus man sa diha nga gitintal siya, nan, makahimo siya sa pagtabang kanila nga mga ginatintal. |
| Chinese | 他 自 己 既 然 被 試 探 而 受 苦 、 就 能 搭 救 被 試 探 的 人 。 |
| Croatian | Doista, u èemu je iskušan trpio, može iskušavanima pomoæi. |
| Danish | Thi idet han har lidt, kan han som den, der selv er fristet, komme dem til Hjælp, som fristes. |
| Dutch | Want in hetgeen Hij Zelf, verzocht zijnde, geleden heeft, kan Hij dengenen, die verzocht worden, te hulp komen. |
| Finnish | Sillä sentähden, että hän itse on kärsinyt ja ollut kiusattu, voi hän kiusattuja auttaa. |
| French | car, ayant été tenté lui-même dans ce qu`il a souffert, il peut secourir ceux qui sont tentés. |
| German | Denn worin er gelitten hat und versucht ist, kann er helfen denen, die versucht werden. |
| Haitian Creole | Koulye a, li ka pote sekou bay tout moun ki anba tantasyon, paske li menm tou li te pase anba tantasyon, li menm tou li te soufri. |
| Hungarian | Mert a mennyiben szenvedett, õ maga is megkísértetvén, segíthet azokon, a kik megkísértetnek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan karena Ia sendiri pernah menderita dan dicobai, Ia dapat menolong orang-orang yang terkena cobaan, sebab Ia sendiri pernah dicobai dan menderita. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sedangkan Ia sendiri telah merasa sengsara tatkala terkena coba, dapatlah Ia menolong orang yang terkena coba itu. |
| Italian | Infatti proprio per essere stato messo alla prova ed avere sofferto personalmente, è in grado di venire in aiuto a quelli che subiscono la prova. |
| Maori | I te mea hoki ka whakamatautauria ia, a mamae iho, e taea e ia te awhina te hunga e whakamatautauria ana. |
| Norwegian | For derved at han selv har lidt og har vært fristet, kan han komme dem til hjelp som blir fristet. |
| Portuguese | Porque naquilo que ele mesmo, sendo tentado, padeceu, pode socorrer aos que são tentados. |
| Rumanian | Wi prin faptul cq El knsuw a fost ispitit kn ceeace a suferit, poate sq vinq kn ajutorul celor ce sknt ispitiyi. |
| Shuar | Tura imia ninki waitsa asa tura íwianch nekapsamu asa yamaikia iisha Wáitiakrincha tura íwianch nekapramkurnisha yainmakminiaitji. |
| Swahili | Na, anaweza sasa kuwasaidia wale wanaojaribiwa na kuteswa. |
| Swedish | Ty därigenom att han har lidit, i det han själv blev frestad, kan han hjälpa dem som frestas. |
| Uma | Yesus mporata kaparia nto'u-na rasori, toe pai' ma'ala-i mpotulungi tauna to rasori, apa' Hi'a, mporata pesori wo'o-i-hawo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "succor": succored, succorer, succorers, succories, succoring, succors, succory. (additional references) | |
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"Succor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Isocor, saccor, Saccorum, Sackor, Sacktor, sacor, scucca, Seckford, secor, siccar, Sicord, Soccio, soccor, soccur, socor, stucor, succer, succom, succory, succot, succur, Succus, sucour, sucro, suctor, sukkar, Sukkur, uccor, Ukcccr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "succor" (pronounced su"ker) |
| 4 | s u" k er | sucker. |
| 3 | -u" k er | Ducker, plucker, pucker, trucker, Tucker. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: crocus, occurs. | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: crocs, occur, scour. | |
-2 letters: cors, croc, crus, curs, orcs, ours, rocs, sour. | |
-3 letters: cor, cos, cur, orc, ors, our, roc, sou. | |
-4 letters: or, os, so, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: concurs, succors, succory, succour. | |
+2 letters: cockspur, cocksure, couchers, crocuses, crosscut, crouches, curacaos, curacoas, reoccurs, stuccoer, succored, succorer, succours. | |
+3 letters: accouters, accoutres, cancerous, carcajous, chancrous, cockspurs, concourse, conducers, construct, corpuscle, coruscant, coruscate, crosscuts, curculios, occulters, occupiers, scorbutic, stuccoers, successor, succorers, succories, succoring, succoured. | |
+4 letters: accusatory, backcourts, calcareous, capricious, cartouches, circuitous, cockleburs, cocksucker, cocksurely, cocultures, cocurators, concluders, conclusory, concourses, conductors, constructs, coproduces, coproducts, coriaceous, corpuscles, coruscated, coruscates, councilors, crosscourt, cruciforms, currycombs, curvaceous, curvacious, ericaceous, microluces, nonconcurs, occurrents, precocious, racecourse, reoccupies, scaramouch, scoutcraft, stuccowork, successors, succouring, unconcerns, uricosuric. | |
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