Aid, n. 1. Assistance, help, lift, furtherance, co-operation, patronage, support, helping hand, good offices.
2. Succor, relief.
3. Aide-de-camp.
Aide-de-camp, [Fr.] (Mil.) Aid.
Aider, n. Helper, assistant, coadjutor, co-operator, ally, auxiliary, abettor.
Ail, v. a. Pain, trouble, afflict, be the matter with.
Ail, v. n. Suffer, be in pain, feel pain, be ill.
Ail, n. Disease, ailment.
Ailing, a. Sickly, sick, ill, indisposed, unwell, diseased, feeble, languishing, unhealthy.
Ailment, n. Disease, ail, illness, sickness, ailing, indisposition, malady, distemper, disorder, complaint.
Aim, v. a. Direct, level, point.
Aim, n. 1. Direction, course, bearing, tendency, bent, proclivity.
2. Intention, intent, purpose, design, reason, view, object, end, scope, drift, goal, point, final cause.
Aim at, 1. Take aim at, point at, level at, direct towards.
2. Intend, purpose, design, mean.
3. Crave, affect, yearn for, aspire at, aspire after, endeavor after, be at, drive at, propose to one's self, have in view, have in one's eye, have an eye to, strive for, attempt to reach.
Aimless, a. Purposeless, objectless, without aim or end.
Air, n. 1. Atmosphere, atmospheric air, common air.
2. Gas, aeriform fluid.
3. Breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, breath of air.
4. Weather, open air, open atmosphere.
5. Appearance, aspect, mien, manner, look, cast, demeanor, conduct, carriage, bearing, deportment, behavior, port.
6. Tune, melody.
Air, v. a. 1. Expose to air.
2. Ventilate, change the air of.
Air-bladder, n. Sound (of a fish).
Air-bubble, n. Bleb.
Air-engine, n. Caloric engine.
Airiness, n. 1. Openness, exposure to air.
2. Gayety, levity, sprightliness, vivacity, liveliness.
Airing, n. 1. Ride, drive, walk, promenade, stroll, excursion.
2. Exposure to air, admission of air.
Air-pipe, n. Vent, spiracle, blow-hole, air-tube.
Airs, n. pl. Affectation, pretension, mannerism, affectedness, affected manner, assumed manner.
Air-tight, a. Hermetic, hermetical.
Air-tube, n. Air-pipe.
Airy, a. 1. Unsubstantial, aerial, ethereal, aeriform, thin, rare.
2. Light, subtile, sublimated.
3. Sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, wanton, volatile, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, gay, blithe, light, light-hearted, light of heart, in spirits, in good spirits, of good cheer.
4. Showy, gaudy, flaunting, jaunty, gairish, fine.