Synonyms for help
hɛlphelp

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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.

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1. helpverb

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

   Antonyms:
   oppose, obstruct, aggravate, incur

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. aid, assist, assistance, helpnoun

   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, supporternoun

   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, helpnoun

   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, serviceverb

   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, aidverb

   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, aidverb

   improve the condition of

   "These pills will help the patient"

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

7. help, facilitateverb

   be of use

   "This will help to prevent accidents"

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

8. help oneself, helpverb

   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, helpverb

   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. helpverb

    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, helpverb

    take or use

    "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

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

12. helpverb

    improve; change for the better

    "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"

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

Matched Categories

1. • Better
   • Exploit
   • Improve
   • Promote
   • Provide
   • Refrain
   • Serve
   • Support
   • Worker

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1. service

   thank you for your service

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. helpverb

   Synonyms:
   relieve, succor, serve

2. helpverb

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

3. helpverb

   Synonyms:
   remedy, cure, heal

4. helpverb

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

5. helpverb

   Synonyms:
   avoid, forbear, refrain from

6. helpverb

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

7. helpnoun

   Synonyms:
   assistance, aid, succor, support

8. helpnoun

   Synonyms:
   remedy, relief

9. helpnoun

   Synonyms:
   helper, assistant

10. helpnoun

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

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1. helpnoun

   Synonyms:
   aid, assistance, succor, support, facilitation, backing, subsidy, subvention, coöperation, remedy, relief, cure, restorative

2. helpverb

   Synonyms:
   abet, assist, befriend, succor, aid, coöperate, collaborate, second, facilitate, subsidize, remedy, ameliorate, alleviate, promote, further

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1. List of paraphrases for "help":

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

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How to use help in a sentence?

1. Prashant Agarwal:

   Pain is that teacher who teaches you to be strong; to be that kind of a person who can face the toughest challenges in the hardest situations. Suffering Is that treasure which makes you vigorous and helps you to survive in the most darkest of the time. Hardship is that endeavour which will never go in vein. It is that effort which shall help you to grow and to reach to your ultimate goal. And Failure is that chance which gives you the opportunity to rediscover and improve yourself.

2. Gary LeBlanc:

   We will help welcome those fleeing their homes to Romania with food, water, essential needs and love.

3. Sanam Vakil:

   The US can curate a portfolio of transactional assurances that can help Iran sell the deal back home as being a sustainable and viable one.

4. Shah Mehmood Qureshi:

   What the international community can do, in my view, is sit together and work out a roadmap, and if they fulfill those expectations, this is what the international community can do to help them stabilize their economy. This is the humanitarian assistance that can be provided. This is how they can help rebuild Afghanistan, reconstruction and so on and so forth.

5. Vladislav Samsonov:

   After 29 years, you can’t help it, i gave children suckers 20 years ago. Now I’m giving those children suckers for their children.