help - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• aid
• assist
• assistance
• help

More generic

• activity

More specific

• accommodation
• boost
• comfort
• encouragement
• facilitation
• hand
• helping hand
• lift
• ministration
• recourse
• refuge
• relief
• resort
• self-help
• service
• succor
• succour
• support
• thanks

Noun

a means of serving

Synonyms

• avail
• help
• service

More generic

• helpfulness

Noun

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

Synonyms

• aid
• assistance
• help

More generic

• resource

Noun

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

Synonyms

• assistant
• help
• helper
• supporter

More generic

• worker

More specific

• accomplice
• actor's assistant
• aide
• attendant
• attender
• auxiliary
• bat boy
• birthing coach
• cat's-paw
• chief assistant
• coadjutor
• confederate
• dental assistant
• deputy
• doula
• dresser
• enforcer
• event planner
• facilitator
• fashion model
• flower girl
• foot soldier
• girl Friday
• hatchet man
• instrument
• labor coach
• lieutenant
• man Friday
• manakin
• manikin
• mannequin
• mannikin
• model
• monitrice
• paraprofessional
• pawn
• poser
• powder monkey
• prompter
• right-hand man
• secretarial assistant
• secretary
• sidesman
• subordinate
• subsidiary
• tender
• theater prompter
• underboss
• underling
• water boy
• waterer
• whipper-in

Verb

improve the condition of

Synonyms

• aid
• help

More generic

• ameliorate
• amend
• better
• improve
• meliorate

More specific

• benefit
• bring around
• cure
• do good
• heal

Verb

improve; change for the better

Synonyms

• help

More generic

• ameliorate
• amend
• better
• improve
• meliorate

Verb

help to some food; help with food or drink

Synonyms

• help
• serve

More generic

• cater
• ply
• provide
• supply

Related

• dish
• dish out
• dish up
• serve
• serve up

Verb

take or use

Synonyms

• avail
• help

More generic

• exploit
• work

Verb

give help or assistance; be of service

Synonyms

• aid
• assist
• help

More generic

• back up
• support

More specific

• alleviate
• assist
• attend
• attend to
• avail
• benefact
• bootstrap
• care
• ease
• expedite
• facilitate
• give care
• hasten
• help out
• serve
• subserve
• succor
• succour
• wait on

Verb

contribute to the furtherance of

Synonyms

• help

More generic

• advance
• boost
• encourage
• further
• promote

Verb

abstain from doing; always used with a negative

Synonyms

• help
• help oneself

More generic

• forbear
• refrain

Verb

be of use

Synonyms

• facilitate
• help

More generic

• serve

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