SERVICES Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of service

as in privileges

an act of kind assistance performed many services for the charitable organization

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a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service

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verb

present tense third-person singular of service

as in conditions

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Recent Examples of services

Noun

Businesses that build responsibility into their AI systems can earn the confidence needed to innovate faster, deploy AI in more valuable areas and create products and services that customers are willing to embrace. — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 David is a design leader, teacher, and strategist with deep expertise in creating new products, services, and training solutions. — Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026 Our communities have enjoyed an excellent working relationship for many years, including Westlake’s contract for police services with the Keller Police Department. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2026 The Associated Press reported in December that two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel. — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 Aviata at Bradenton Villas provides 24-hour, long-term care services for people with medical conditions, including Alzheimer’s and dementia, according to the facility’s website. — Ryan Ballogg july 27, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026 Matthew Ryan, head of market strategy at global financial services firm Ebury, said the durability of the new levies risks a more lasting structural pressure point for markets. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026 With a background in social work, her focus issues include improving mental health services in schools, crisis response teams and public safety officers. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Amazon has also bankrolled a Manhattan Beach production services company, Innovative Dream. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

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Noun

Bill 26-0192 gets rid of the requirement for the Board of Estimates’ approval of minor privileges, such as sidewalk and street closings or the approval of private signs extending into the public right of way.

— Joseph Landers, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026
Some nepo-baby artists are more transparent about their privileges.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of privileges

Noun

Wednesday night, about 75 agencies from police to community groups, the mayor's office and district attorney's office came together for the One Downtown Task Force's public safety working session.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Frank Yiannas, a former FDA deputy commissioner for food policy and response, said that the scale of the outbreak should be an alarm bell for America’s food industry and government agencies.

— Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of agencies

Verb

The system conditions physicians to go above and beyond, to pre-round an hour before they're asked, to absorb expanding workloads without complaint, because that's what doctors do.

— Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.

— Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026

Definition of conditions

Noun

More recent research suggests that Covid-19 vaccines have continued to show benefits, even as population immunity levels grow and the virus becomes less novel.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
The logic is that if colleges are afraid to sign a player out of fear of retaliation, the player won’t receive the benefits of Judge Sweeney’s order granting the injunction.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of benefits

Noun

The county executive’s chartered responsibilities include overseeing the county’s municipal departments, correcting errors in tax assessments, executing certain contracts, upholding the county charter and representing the county in general.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Early Tuesday morning, the volcano spewed lava that reached a height of about 300 meters (984 feet), triggering red alerts, evacuations, a highway’s closure, and the suspension of classes in three departments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of departments

Verb

Emerge now aids nearly 1,900 survivors through complex legal processes and offers a crucial reintegration program for young women aging out of state care at 18, teaching vital life skills.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The movie focuses on a murder of a shepherd unraveled by his flock, which aids a somewhat hapless rural policeman in solving the crime.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026

Definition of aids

Noun

Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town.

— Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

Definition of courtesies

Noun

In the neighborhood, which is actually the oldest part of Prague, there are mostly residential buildings, embassies, and local offices.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
The administration let go scores of federal workers who supported the program and closed half of its regional offices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

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