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Synonyms and Antonyms of help

synonym (synonym of help)

  • (noun)
    abet, befriend, foster, succor, uphold, aid, cooperate, second, support, assist, encourage, stand by, sustain
    Help expresses greater dependence and deeper need than aid. In extremity we say "God help me!" rather than "God aid me!" In time of danger we cry "hel more.. Help expresses greater dependence and deeper need than aid. In extremity we say "God help me!" rather than "God aid me!" In time of danger we cry "help! help!" rather than "aid! aid!" To aid is to second another's own exertions. We can speak of helping the helpless, but not of aiding them. Help includes aid, but aid may fall short of the meaning of help. In law to aid or abet makes one a principal. (Compare synonyms for ACCESSORY.) To cooperate is to aid as an equal; to assist implies a subordinate and secondary relation. One assists a fallen friend to rise; he cooperates with him in helping others. Encourage refers to mental aid, as uphold now usually does; succor and support, oftenest to material assistance. We encourage the timid or despondent, succor the endangered, support the weak, uphold those who else might be shaken or cast down. Compare ABET; PROMOTE. (noun)
     
  • (noun.act)
    aid, assist, assistance
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    assistant, helper, supporter
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    aid, assistance
    a resource (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    avail, service
    a means of serving (noun.attribute)
     
  • (verb.social)
    aid, assist
    give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.body)
    aid
    improve the condition of (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    facilitate
    be of use (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    help oneself
    abstain from doing; always used with a negative (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    serve
    help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    avail
    take or use (verb.consumption)
     

antonym (antonym of help)

  • (noun)
    counteract, discourage, oppose, resist, thwart, withstand

hypernym (help IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a means of serving (noun.attribute)
    helpfulness
    the property of providing useful assistance (noun.attribute)
     
  • a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
    worker
    a person who works at a specific occupation (noun.person)
     
  • a resource (noun.attribute)
    resource
    a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed (noun.attribute)
     
  • abstain from doing; always used with a negative (verb.stative)
    forbear, refrain
    resist doing something (verb.stative)
     
  • be of use (verb.stative)
    serve
    contribute or conduce to (verb.stative)
     
  • contribute to the furtherance of (verb.social)
    advance, boost, encourage, further, promote
    contribute to the progress or growth of (verb.social)
     
  • give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social)
    back up, support
    give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to (verb.social)
     
  • help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
    cater, ply, provide, supply
    give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance (verb.consumption)
     
  • improve the condition of (verb.body)
    ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
    to make better (verb.change)
     
  • take or use (verb.consumption)
    exploit, work
    use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)
     
  • the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.act)
    activity
    any specific behavior (noun.act)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF help relation)

  • a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
    coadjutor
    an assistant to a bishop (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    accomplice, confederate
    a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    aide, auxiliary
    someone who acts as assistant (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    attendant, attender, tender
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    bat boy
    (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    dental assistant
    an assistant to a dentist (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    deputy, lieutenant
    an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    actor's assistant, dresser
    a wardrobe assistant for an actor (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    event planner
    someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    facilitator
    someone who makes progress easier (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    flower girl
    a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    girl friday
    a female assistant who has a range of duties (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    enforcer, hatchet man
    one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    cat's-paw, instrument, pawn
    a person used by another to gain an end (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice
    an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in more.. an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    underboss
    an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    model, poser
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    paraprofessional
    a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    powder monkey
    someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    prompter, theater prompter
    someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    chief assistant, man friday, right-hand man
    the most helpful assistant (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    secretarial assistant, secretary
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    sidesman
    (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    water boy, waterer
    an assistant who supplies drinking water (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    whipper-in
    huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds (noun.person)
     
  • give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social)
    alleviate, ease, facilitate
    make easier (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.social)
    assist, attend, attend to, serve, wait on
    work for or be a servant to (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    benefact
    help as a benefactor (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    help out
    be of help, as in a particular situation of need (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    subserve
    be helpful or useful (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    succor, succour
    help in a difficult situation (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    expedite, hasten
    speed up the progress of; facilitate (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    avail
    be of use to, be useful to (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    care, give care
    provide care for (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    bootstrap
    help oneself, often through improvised means (verb.social)
     
  • improve the condition of (verb.body)
    bring around, cure, heal
    provide a cure for, make healthy again (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    benefit, do good
    be beneficial for (verb.possession)
     
  • the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.act)
    self-help
    the act of helping or improving yourself without relying on anyone else (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    facilitation
    act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    hand, helping hand
    physical assistance (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    recourse, refuge, resort
    act of turning to for assistance (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    thanks
    with the help of or owing to (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ministration, relief, succor, succour
    assistance in time of difficulty (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lift
    the act of giving temporary assistance (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    service
    an act of help or assistance (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    accommodation
    the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    boost, encouragement
    the act of giving hope or support to someone (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    comfort
    assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    support
    aiding the cause or policy or interests of (noun.act)
     

verb group (help is verb group of ....)

  • help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
    dish, dish out, dish up, serve, serve up
    provide (usually but not necessarily food) (verb.consumption)
     

derivation (.... is derived from help)

  • a means of serving (noun.attribute)
    avail
    be of use to, be useful to (verb.social)
     
  • a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
    assist
    act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    back up, support
    give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to (verb.social)
     
  • (adj.all)
    adjunct, assistant
    of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another (adj.all)
     
  • be of use (verb.stative)
    facilitation
    act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something (noun.act)
     
  • give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social)
    benefactor, helper
    a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    assistant, help, helper, supporter
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    assistive
    giving assistance (adj.all)
     
  • help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
    server
    utensil used in serving food or drink (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.food)
    helping, portion, serving
    an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal (noun.food)
     
  • (noun.person)
    server, waiter
    a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) (noun.person)
     
  • improve the condition of (verb.body)
    aid, attention, care, tending
    the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    aid, assist, assistance, help
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    aid, assistance, help
    a resource (noun.attribute)
     
  • take or use (verb.consumption)
    available
    obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service (adj.all)
     
  • the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.act)
    aid, help
    improve the condition of (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.change)
    help
    improve; change for the better (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.social)
    assist, attend, attend to, serve, wait on
    work for or be a servant to (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    aid, assist, help
    give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    facilitate, help
    be of use (verb.stative)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation abet befriend aid assist assistant helper counteract discourage oppose resist thwart withstand activity helpfulness resource worker ameliorate amend self-help facilitation hand helping hand recourse refuge dish dish out dish up serve serve up aid assist attend facilitate
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