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To have provided assistance to someone or something
To have contributed in some way to
To have prevented oneself from
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To have provided assistance to someone or something
aided
assisted
supported
abetted
furthered
lent a hand
propped
relieved
served
stood by
upheld
advocated
bucked up
helped out
interceded
patronizedUS
puffed
rallied round
rooted for
saw through
stuck up for
stumped for
tended
accommodated
ballyhooed
befriended
cared for
cheered
emboldened
encouraged
fostered
heartened
hyped
ministered to
nurtured
patronisedUK
plugged
rescued
seconded
went with
did a favor
did a service
did one’s part
took care of
worked for
pushed
blessed
contented
delighted
gladdened
gratified
pleased
satisfied
succeeded
“Her friends helped whenever they could as she recovered from her illness.”
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To have contributed in some way to
benefited
benefitted
bolstered
facilitated
improved
ameliorated
amended
eased
maintained
restored
revived
bettered
boosted
sustained
meliorated
mitigated
stimulated
revitalisedUK
saved
corrected
emended
enhanced
enriched
fixed
fixt
mended
moderated
perfected
rectified
refined
reformed
repaired
tempered
reanimated
resurrected
revitalizedUS
revivified
vitalized
beefed up
edited
fined
fine-tuned
fortified
honed
polished
redrafted
refurbished
rehabbed
remediated
retouched
revamped
revised
reworked
rewrought
strengthened
touched up
upgraded
“The bright colors certainly helped the room’s dullness.”
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To have prevented oneself from
avoided
refrained from
stopped
averted
dodged
evaded
prevented
abstained
abstained from
bypassed
circumvented
controlled
deflected
desisted
diverted
ducked
eluded
escaped
forbore
got around
passed up
precluded
resisted
restrained from
shied from
shirked
shook off
shrank from
sidestepped
skipped
skipped out on
skirted
stayed away
stayed away from
steered clear
steered clear of
withstood
broke the habit of
fended off
forbore from
got out of
held off
kept from
neutralisedUK
shunned
warded off
anticipated
arrested
blocked
checked
checkmated
compensated for
counteracted
counterbalanced
deterred
eschewed
forbade
forbid
forestalled
frustrated
halted
headed off
hindered
impeded
interfered with
made up for
negated
neutralizedUS
nullified
obviated
offset
offsetted
prohibited
provided
shook
stalled
staved off
stove off
ceased
declined
denied yourself
desisted from
did without
forwent
gave up
kicked
left off
refused
renounced
withheld from
“I helped myself from noticing that your shirt was inside-out as much as I could.”
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To have invested in or provided financial assistance
bankrolled
backed
financed
promoted
sponsored
contributed to
forwarded
furthered the interests of
gave a boost to
gave a donation to
gave backing to
gave money to
invested in
opened doors
sanctioned
subsidisedUK
subsidizedUS
advanced
contributed
endorsed
endowed
favouredUK
gave
buttressed
cooperated
advised
backstopped
bailed out
championed
favoredUS
indorsed
launched
mentored
profited
propped up
reenforced
reinforced
delivered
“My mentor and investor helped me so that I could get my business off the ground.”
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To have provided physiological relief
alleviated
treated
nursed
attended
cured
healed
palliated
relieved
soothed
succoredUS
allayed
doctored
mollified
nourished
remedied
assuaged
attenuated
lessened
made better
balmed
succouredUK
rehabilitated
“These bandages helped my wound.”
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To have taken possession of, usually under suspicious circumstances
helped oneself
appropriated
filched
stole
knocked off
nabbed
nicked
pinched
pocketed
purloined
snaffled
took
took possession of
walked off with
commandeered
made free with
pilfered
pillaged
ploughedUK
plowedUS
plucked
plundered
ran off with
swiped
used without asking
whipped
heisted
liberated
blagged
“He helped himself to the contents of the tip jar after the shift was done.”
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(led to) To have culminated or resulted in a particular event or consequence
led
caused
brought on
brought about
gave rise to
produced
effected
created
engendered
generated
triggered
promoted
advanced
precipitated
prompted
contributed to
furthered
hastened
accelerated
initiated
provoked
quickened
occasioned
pushed forward
expedited
sped up
speeded up
induced
stirred up
sparked off
stimulated
set off
added to
called forth
spurred
instigated
begat
begot
set in motion
put in motion
touched off
triggered off
drove
contributed
fomented
made happen
risked
aroused
elicited
brought to pass
catalyzedUS
entailed
had a hand in
necessitated
effectuated
ended in
had a part in
invited
roused
conduced to
cultivated
excited
fostered
incited
involved
catalysedUK
conduced
enkindled
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To have physically guided a person or animal
led
guided
conducted
showed
steered
ushered
escorted
marshaledUS
marshalledUK
piloted
led the way
shepherded
accompanied
brought
directed
moved
took
channeledUS
channelledUK
drove
herded
maneuveredUS
saw
assisted
chaperoned
manoeuvredUK
pointed
routed
showed the way
leaded
convoyed
conveyed
attended
companioned
seen
taken
shown
followed
companied
gone with
went with
squired
kept company
walked
consorted
tagged along with
travelled with
shown the way
carried
come along
partnered
tagged along
come with
consorted with
gone along with
went along with
holpen
holp
fetched
shadowed
dragged
drug
stuck to
held someone’s hand
drave
driven
druv
taken out
took out
guarded
came along
transported
served
dated
beared
showed around
came with
shown around
said goodbye to
shlepped along
escorted out
went together with
gone together with
went along
gone along
went out with
shown out
showed out
gone out with
collected
called for
picked up
come along with
delivered
ferried
courted
wooed
hung out with
hung around
flanked
navigated
dogged
run
received
bore
borne
ushered in
saw out
rocked along
rode shotgun
ridden shotgun
shown to the door
shown about
shown in
strung along with
seen out
addrest
propelled
strung along
trailblazed
beled
made a date
beared someone company
pointed in the direction of
showed about
indicated the way
got
went around with
waited on
stepped out with
socializedUS
sent
showed to the door
watched
addressed
gone around with
paid court to
stepped around
chummed
shlepped along with
looked after
beaconed
tracked square with
hung around with
socialisedUK
pointed the way
trailed around with
paved the way
came along with
gone for
went for
shown the way to
showed the way to
given directions to
gave directions to
ran
gone steady
went around together
gone around together
gone together
gone out
went together
went steady
went out
gotten
went to get
gave a ride to
given a lift to
given a ride to
gone to get
gat
gave a lift to
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To have given advice and instruction
led
guided
educated
informed
mentored
counseledUS
counselledUK
explained
instructed
taught
trained
tutored
coached
drilled
enlightened
holp
briefed
drummed into
indoctrinated
let in on
showed
showed the ropes
Adjective
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Which has been rebuilt
mended
restored
abated
altered
ameliorated
bettered
changed
corrected
cured
doctored
enhanced
fixed
improved
lessened
rebuilt
rectified
refreshed
refurbished
regenerated
regulated
rejuvenated
relieved
remodelledUK
remodeledUS
renewed
renovated
reorganisedUK
reorganizedUS
repaired
revived
patched up
remedied
righted
reassembled
recreated
reconstructed
built
reconditioned
adjusted
refinished
settled
like new
whole
going
sorted
refitted
in order
back together
restored to working order
in working order
back in working order
put right
better
upgraded
advanced
evolved
modernizedUS
better-quality
augmented
perfected
revised
developed
enriched
reformed
refined
higher
late
elaborated
forward
amended
progressive
high
modernisedUK
value-added
bolstered up
made better
fixed up
updated
redone
resurfaced
refurnished
redecorated
rearranged
reinvigorated
reestablished
returned
reborn
energizedUS
replaced
newborn
reenergized
freshened
invigorated
reanimated
new
resuscitated
recovered
energisedUK
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Adjective
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Unimpaired
uncompromised
unimpaired
operational
strengthened
supported
unaffected
unhindered
Adjective
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In a state of being helped or assisted
aided
supported
assisted
abetted
sponsored
financed
endorsed
bolstered
advocated
favoredUS
favouredUK
underwritten
backed
bankrolled
furthered
promoted
fostered
championed
seconded
encouraged
boosted
propped
built-up
augmented
reinforced
Adjective
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Freed or rescued from danger or captivity
saved
rescued
liberated
freed
released
free
let go
set free
unbound
unconfined
uncaged
unrestrained
unfettered
unshackled
unchained
out
discharged
untrammelledUK
unsecured
unimprisoned
untethered
untrammeledUS
free as a bird
loose
on the loose
at liberty
at large
escaped
untied
footloose
free-range
roaming
set loose
unrestricted
wild
clear
unclasped
runaway
sprung
unconstrained
unlocked
fugitive
unbolted
on the run
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Translations for helped
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Nearby Words
helped along
helped forward
helped in
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Recruiters value candidates who take the initiative, and seeing that you’ve ‘helped’ your past employers can be positive for them. It indicates that you are a self-starter who can be relied upon in a pinch. It also shows that you have experience working with others and collaborating on projects, which is essential for any role in your professional life.
Yet, because it is vague and non-specific, you should avoid using the word helped when describing your experience. It does not provide enough detail about the action you took or how you were able to help someone else.
It is better to use action verbs that describe what kind of help was given and how much effort was put into performing that task. Describe your experience more specifically with words such as ‘resolved,’ ‘increased,’ or—depending on the type of work you do—’improved.’
Using other words for ‘helped’ that are more specific will provide the recruiter with a better idea of your skills and abilities necessary to do the job.
I’ve compiled some synonyms you can use instead of Helped on your resume.
- Co-authored
- Liaised
- Facilitated
- Administered
- Scheduled
- Compiled
- Enabled
- Improved
- Increased
- Resolved
- Upgraded
- Advised
- Expedited
- Guided
- Reduced
- Recommended
- Counselled
- Enhanced
- Simplified
- Assembled
How to replace Helped with a stronger action verb:
Let’s look at a before and after example of how you can remove and replace the overused phrase, Helped, with a stronger synonym and alternative that is more effective at highlighting your achievements.
Before: Weak example using Helped
• Helped to launch new product features by getting involved in user-testing focus groups
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After: Using a stronger synonym• Conducted 25+ user-testing focus groups leading to 3 new product features in 6 months.
How to use these synonyms in practice
We’ve put together an infographic to give you more examples of how to put this into practice. Note the use of strong action verbs instead of words like Helped.
More resume bullet point samples that use strong synonyms
How to use Promoted on a resume:
• Promoted to Associate Consultant in 2 years (1 year in advance); the only member in a cohort of 45 Analysts to be fast-tracked.
How to use Prepared on a resume:
• Prepared a 100 page pitch book summarizing findings and presented analysis to managing directors.
How to use Built on a resume:
• Built complete investment pitch books for 4 deals at advanced stages and liaised with 12 prospective international co-investors.
How to use Developed on a resume:
• Developed a prototype to identify key influencers on Twitter using clustering techniques over 100,000 data points in Python.
How to use Led on a resume:
• Led five developers to establish client’s ERP system; identified $1.5MM in cost savings, and secured $1MM+ in additional work for Accenture.
How to use Overhauled on a resume:
• Overhauled the company’s website by increasing graphics usage by 50% and mobile responsiveness by 100%; generated 70% more leads via email capture forms, reduced bounce rate by 20%.
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How to use helped in a sentence?
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Sean Wensley:
Vaccinations have helped to protect millions of pets from serious diseases such as parvovirus, cat flu and Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease, if people don’t vaccinate, we risk seeing a rise in extremely unpleasant, preventable, diseases that can cause considerable animal suffering and death.
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Liz Cheney:
The U.S. is abandoning our ally the Kurds, who fought ISIS on the ground and helped protect the U.S. homeland. This decision aids America’s adversaries, Russia, Iran, and Turkey, and paves the way for a resurgence of ISIS. This action imperils American security and that of our allies. Congress must and will act to limit the catastrophic impact of this decision.
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Barry Busby:
True heroes going into an act of fire, where they don’t know what’s out there on this unprotected bridge, but trying to save other people, and I think their fast response helped save a lot of people.
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Michael Honig:
Silver Oak is a brand like Ferrari or Herms — it’s something that’s helped elevate the whole Napa Valley brand even higher, they’re very well-respected in the wine world, they have an amazing market share, their sales are through the roof and every distributor would love to have them in their portfolio because it’s such a great annuity. It just sells and that’s not always the case with wineries. They just keep truckin’ along.
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Edward Snowden:
The bottom line is that it became harder for us in the intelligence community to keep Americans safe. It became harder to monitor the communications of terrorist organizations that are bent on bringing bloodshed to our shores. Snowden’s disclosures helped these groups find ways to hide themselves in the crowded digital forest.
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Table of Contents
- What word rhymes with church?
- What does helped mean?
- Is it proper to say got?
- Where we use get and got?
- What do we use after got?
- What is the difference of get and got?
- Did anyone got or get?
- Do anybody or does anybody?
- Did we receive or received?
- Did not get or didn’t got?
- Did not have or had?
1. to assist or aid (someone to do something), esp by sharing the work, cost, or burden of something: he helped his friend to escape; she helped him climb out of the boat. 2. to alleviate the burden of (someone else) by giving assistance.
What word rhymes with church?
| Word | Rhyme rating | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| search | 100 | Noun |
| birch | 100 | Noun |
| perch | 100 | Noun |
| lurch | 100 | Noun, Verb |
What is another word for helped?
| aided | assisted |
|---|---|
| furthered | lent a hand |
| propped | relieved |
| served | stood by |
| upheld | advocated |
What does helped mean?
Is it proper to say got?
It’s not incorrect, but it is informal. In writing, this usage is generally only appropriate if the author is deliberately evoking an informal, conversational tone. In general, one would instead use found, saw, or another more traditional verb. It’s grammatically valid.
Where we use get and got?
Get is the present tense form of the verb to get. Got is the past tense form, as well the past participle in a sentence such as “We have got two tickets”. Present tense: I get my groceries from the shop down the road.
What do we use after got?
Get is the present tense form of the verb. Got is the past tense form as well as one of the two alternatives for the past participle. The other alternative for the past participle is gotten, which is generally preferred in the United States.
What is the difference of get and got?
“Get” is the present tense form of the verb and “got” is the past tense form, but the tenses are often used interchangeably.
Did anyone got or get?
“Did I get” is correct . “Did I got” is incorrect because both did and got are in past tense. Get is the principal verb and do is the auxiliary or helping verb. ‘Did’ is the past tense of ‘do’.
Do anybody or does anybody?
‘Anybody’ is a third person singular form and takes -s in the present simple tense. That’s why the question form requires -s and ‘Does anybody’ is correct. The same would apply to ‘Does anyone’, ‘Does anything’ etc.
Did we receive or received?
Even though it doesn’t specify, “did you receive my email” sets up an opportunity to establish a particular time. If you choose “have you received my email” it indicates that you just want to establish receipt but not as per any specific time .
Did not get or didn’t got?
Both “I didn’t get” and “I don’t get” are correct. “I didn’t get” is used PAST TENSE like when something already happened. You say you “didn’t get” when whatever you “did not get” already occured. When whatever you didn’t get already happened.
Did not have or had?
The correct english is “I didn’t have to” as because in a sentence double past tense is never used. In the sentence “I didn’t had to” both the words ‘did’ and ‘had’ are in the past form so wheraeas in the second sentence ‘did’ is a past form but ‘have’ is in the present form.
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employee, domestic worker
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