Synonyms for help
Another word for help is aid, assistance or assist. Below are 15 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses.
Also searched as: helped, helps.
1. noun: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
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2. noun: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
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3. noun: a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
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4. noun: a means of serving
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- avail
5. verb: give help or assistance; be of service
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6. verb: improve the condition of
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7. verb: be of use
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8. verb: abstain from doing; always used with a negative
- help oneself
9. verb: help to some food; help with food or drink
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- serve up
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- dish up
10. verb: contribute to the furtherance of
11. verb: take or use
- avail
12. verb: improve; change for the better
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- support synonyms
- thanks
- hand synonyms
- self-help
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- helping hand
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- accommodation
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- encouragement
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- fashion model
- chief assistant
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- labor coach
- lieutenant
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- flower girl
- foot soldier
- instrument synonyms
- bat boy
- tender synonyms
- dental assistant
- subsidiary synonyms
- resource
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Questions people ask
What is another word for help?
You can say aid, assistance, assist, assistant or supporter instead of help. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose".
What is the opposite of help?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for help; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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