Help definition

Help as a verb

1. give help or assistance; be of service

   "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"

   Same sense: aid, assist

2. improve the condition of

   "These pills will help the patient"

   Same sense: aid

3. be of use

   "This will help to prevent accidents"

   Same sense: facilitate

4. abstain from doing; always used with a negative

   "I can't help myself — I have to smoke"

   Same sense: help oneself

5. help to some food; help with food or drink

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

   Same sense: serve

6. contribute to the furtherance of

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

7. take or use

   "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

   Same sense: avail

8. improve; change for the better

   "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"

Help as a noun

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

   "offered his help in unloading"

   Same sense: aid, assistance, assist

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

    "they hired additional help to finish the work"

    Same sense: assistant, supporter, helper

11. a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

    Same sense: aid, assistance

12. a means of serving

    "there's no help for it"

    Same sense: service, avail

Synonyms and antonyms

• aid
• assist
• facilitate
• help oneself
• serve
• avail
• assistance
• assistant
• supporter
• helper
• service definition

All synonyms of help, sense by sense

How to say help

Help has 1 syllable and rhymes with yelp. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with help

• yelp
• kelp

HELP in word games

Scrabble

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Words With Friends

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Anagrams

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