Synonyms for help
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Princeton's WordNet(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. aid, assist, assistance, help(noun)

   the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

   "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

   Synonyms:
   service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid

2. assistant, helper, help, supporter(noun)

   a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

   "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

   Synonyms:
   friend, garter, assist, aid, supporter, patron, booster, avail, champion, assistance, suspensor, benefactor, jock, helper, jockstrap, admirer, assistant, service, sponsor, athletic supporter, protagonist

3. aid, assistance, help(noun)

   a resource

   "visual aids in teaching"

   Synonyms:
   service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid

4. avail, help, service(verb)

   a means of serving

   "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"

   Synonyms:
   serve, servicing, religious service, assist, serving, supporter, aid, overhaul, avail, assistance, inspection and repair, armed service, divine service, helper, table service, service, service of process, assistant, military service

5. help, assist, aid(verb)

   give help or assistance; be of service

   "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"

   Synonyms:
   attend to, help oneself, serve, assist, attend, wait on, facilitate, avail, aid

6. help, aid(verb)

   improve the condition of

   "These pills will help the patient"

   Synonyms:
   help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate

7. help, facilitate(verb)

   be of use

   "This will help to prevent accidents"

   Synonyms:
   aid, alleviate, help oneself, ease, serve, assist, facilitate, avail

8. help oneself, help(verb)

   abstain from doing; always used with a negative

   "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle"

   Synonyms:
   help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate

9. serve, help(verb)

   help to some food; help with food or drink

   "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"

   Synonyms:
   serve, avail, process, help oneself, dish up, answer, dish out, function, attend to, suffice, attend, service, aid, assist, serve up, facilitate, wait on, serve well, swear out, dish, do

10. help(verb)

    contribute to the furtherance of

    "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"

    Synonyms:
    help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate

11. avail, help(verb)

    take or use

    "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

    Synonyms:
    help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate

12. help(verb)

    improve; change for the better

    "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"

    Synonyms:
    help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. help

   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.

   Synonyms:
   abet, aid, assist, befriend, cooperate, encourage, foster, second, stand by, succor, support, sustain, uphold

   Antonyms:
   counteract, discourage, oppose, resist, thwart, withstand

   Preposition:
   Help in an enterprise with money; help to success; against the enemy.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. help(v)

   Synonyms:
   aid, succor, remedy, prevent, avoid, assist, promote, cooperate, relieve, second

   Antonyms:
   oppose, obstruct, aggravate, incur

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. help(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   relieve, succor, serve

2. help(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   assist, support, aid, second, back, abet, co-operate with, take part with

3. help(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   remedy, cure, heal

4. help(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   prevent, hinder, withstand, resist, repress, control

5. help(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   avoid, forbear, refrain from

6. help(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   lend aid, contribute assistance, give one a lift

7. help(n.)

   Synonyms:
   assistance, aid, succor, support

8. help(n.)

   Synonyms:
   remedy, relief

9. help(n.)

   Synonyms:
   helper, assistant

10. help(n.)

    Synonyms:
    [U. S.] domestic, house-servant (particularly a maid-servant)

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   assist, aid, assistance, helping, contribute, assisting, support, helps, assists, facilitate, 'aide, enable, aiuto, aiding, 'aiuto, relief, assisted, allow, pomoc, helped

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