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What is another word for Help?

  • employee, domestic worker

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  • advice
  • aid
  • benefit
  • comfort
  • cooperation
  • guidance
  • hand
  • service
  • support
  • use
  • assist
  • avail
  • balm
  • corrective
  • cure
  • lift
  • maintenance
  • nourishment
  • remedy
  • succor
  • sustenance
  • utility
  • helping hand
  • hand
  • worker
  • abettor
  • adjutant
  • aide
  • ally
  • assistant
  • attendant
  • auxiliary
  • collaborator
  • colleague
  • deputy
  • domestic
  • helper
  • helpmate
  • mate
  • partner
  • representative
  • servant
  • subsidiary
  • supporter
  • ancilla
  • right-hand person
  • back
  • benefit
  • bolster
  • boost
  • cooperate
  • encourage
  • further
  • maintain
  • promote
  • push
  • save
  • serve
  • stimulate
  • support
  • abet
  • accommodate
  • advocate
  • ballyhoo
  • befriend
  • cheer
  • endorse
  • hype
  • intercede
  • patronize
  • plug
  • prop
  • puff
  • relieve
  • sanction
  • second
  • succor
  • sustain
  • uphold
  • be of use
  • buck up
  • do a favor
  • do a service
  • do one’s part
  • go to bat for
  • go with
  • lend a hand
  • open doors
  • root for
  • see through
  • stand by
  • stick up for
  • stump for
  • take under one’s wing
  • work for
  • alleviate
  • ease
  • facilitate
  • restore
  • revive
  • treat
  • ameliorate
  • amend
  • attend
  • better
  • cure
  • doctor
  • heal
  • meliorate
  • mitigate
  • nourish
  • palliate
  • relieve
  • remedy

On this page you’ll find 334 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to help, such as: advice, aid, benefit, comfort, cooperation, and guidance.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is another word for help?

A close synonym of the verb sense of help is assist. Assist can mean the same thing as help, but it can imply that the assistance is only part of the help being offered. The informal term lend a hand (in which a hand means assistance) often means the same thing.

Some close synonyms for help can be used as a noun or as a verb: aid and support.

Each can have different shades of meaning. Aid is more formal, and it’s often used in the context of serious situations. Support can be used in different ways. It often emphasizes the fact that the person being helped is not alone.

Other synonyms for help are more specific. Guide means to help someone with a task or activity as they do it by providing guidance along the way—which is a bit more hands-on than advising (giving advice).

Relief is often used in the context of helping those who are desperately in need, as in Multiple agencies are working to provide relief to those affected by the hurricane.

Many of the noun synonyms of help can be used with the word provide to create synonyms of the verb sense: provide assistance, provide aid, provide support (and of course provide help).

Sometimes, help means the same thing as facilitate, further, promote, or foster, as This legislation will help economic growth.

What is a fancier word for help?

What are some synonyms for other forms of help?

  • antagonist
  • boss
  • enemy
  • manager
  • opponent
  • blockage
  • check
  • counteraction
  • harm
  • hindrance
  • hurt
  • injury
  • management
  • obstruction
  • ownership
  • stop
  • block
  • condemn
  • delay
  • depress
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • halt
  • handicap
  • harm
  • hinder
  • hurt
  • impede
  • neglect
  • obstruct
  • prevent
  • refuse
  • stop
  • undermine
  • conceal
  • disapprove
  • frustrate
  • hide
  • ignore
  • oppose
  • protest
  • check
  • counteract
  • decrease
  • injure
  • worsen
  • destroy
  • hurt
  • increase
  • accuse
  • blame
  • condemn
  • depress
  • harm
  • injure
  • neglect
  • worsen
  • block
  • check
  • counteract
  • decrease
  • hinder
  • obstruct
  • stop

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WORDS RELATED TO HELP

  • accent
  • addition
  • adjunct
  • adornment
  • appendage
  • appendix
  • appliance
  • appurtenance
  • attachment
  • component
  • decoration
  • extension
  • extra
  • frill
  • help
  • supplement
  • trim
  • trimming
  • afford
  • aid
  • arrange
  • assist
  • avail
  • benefit
  • bow
  • comfort
  • convenience
  • defer
  • favor
  • furnish
  • gratify
  • help
  • humor
  • indulge
  • oblige
  • pamper
  • please
  • provide
  • serve
  • settle
  • submit
  • suit
  • supply
  • support
  • sustain
  • yield
  • accords
  • accustoms
  • adapts
  • adjusts
  • agrees
  • attunes
  • bends over backwards
  • complies
  • composes
  • conforms
  • coordinates
  • corresponds
  • don’t makes waves
  • don’t rocks the boat
  • fits
  • goes by the book
  • goes with the flow
  • harmonizes
  • integrates
  • makes consistent
  • modifies
  • plays the game
  • proportions
  • reconciles
  • settles
  • shapes up
  • suits
  • tailor-makes
  • tailors
  • tunes
  • aid
  • ascendancy
  • asset
  • assistance
  • authority
  • avail
  • blessing
  • boon
  • break
  • choice
  • comfort
  • convenience
  • dominance
  • edge
  • eminence
  • expediency
  • favor
  • gain
  • good
  • gratification
  • help
  • hold
  • improvement
  • influence
  • interest
  • lead
  • leeway
  • leg up
  • leverage
  • luck
  • mastery
  • odds
  • position
  • power
  • pre-eminence
  • precedence
  • preference
  • prestige
  • prevalence
  • profit
  • protection
  • recognition
  • resources
  • return
  • sanction
  • starting
  • superiority
  • support
  • supremacy
  • upper hand
  • utility
  • wealth
  • aids
  • ascendancy
  • assets
  • assistance
  • authorities
  • avail
  • blessings
  • boons
  • breaks
  • choices
  • comforts
  • conveniences
  • dominance
  • edges
  • eminences
  • expediencies
  • favors
  • gains
  • goods
  • gratifications
  • helps
  • holds
  • improvements
  • influences
  • interests
  • leads
  • leeway
  • leg-ups
  • leverage
  • luck
  • mastery
  • odds
  • positions
  • powers
  • pre-eminence
  • precedence
  • preferences
  • prestige
  • prevalence
  • profits
  • protections
  • recognitions
  • resources
  • returns
  • sanctions
  • startings
  • superiorities
  • supports
  • supremacy
  • upper hands
  • utilities
  • wealth
  • admonition
  • advisement
  • advocacy
  • aid
  • bum steer
  • caution
  • charge
  • consultation
  • counsel
  • directions
  • dissuasion
  • encouragement
  • exhortation
  • forewarning
  • guidance
  • help
  • information
  • injunction
  • input
  • instruction
  • judgment
  • lesson
  • news
  • opinion
  • persuasion
  • prescription
  • proposal
  • proposition
  • recommendation
  • steer
  • suggestion
  • teaching
  • telltale
  • tidings
  • tip
  • tip-off
  • two cents’ worth
  • view
  • warning
  • word
  • word to the wise

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

1

as in to assist

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end

offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment


2

as in to alleviate

to make more bearable or less severe

the new ointment didn’t help Josh’s sunburn one bit


3

as in to prevent

to keep from happening by taking action in advance

they couldn’t help the way things turned out


4

as in to benefit

to provide with something useful or desirable

being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist


5

as in to improve

to make better

some minor revisions would help this essay immensely


1

as in assist

an act or instance of helping

I could use your help getting this tire back on the car


2

as in benefit

a thing that helps

the computer is a great help for writing reports


3

as in staff

a body of persons at work or available for work

it’s so hard to get good help these days

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How is the word help distinct from other similar verbs?

Some common synonyms of help are ameliorate, better, and improve. While all these words mean «to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard,» help implies a bettering that still leaves room for improvement.

a coat of paint would help that house

In what contexts can ameliorate take the place of help?

Although the words ameliorate and help have much in common, ameliorate implies making more tolerable or acceptable conditions that are hard to endure.

tried to ameliorate the lives of people in the tenements

How do improve and better relate to one another, in the sense of help?

Both improve and better are general and interchangeable and apply to what can be made better whether it is good or bad.

measures to further improve the quality of medical care

immigrants hoping to better their lot

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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

  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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

  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

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

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)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

  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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

  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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  1. The NEA:

    Unlike other Arts Endowment funding programs that offer project-based support, American Rescue Plan funds are intended to support day-to-day business expenses/operating costs, and not specific programmatic activities. These funds are intended to help support jobs in the arts sector, keep the doors open to arts organizations nationwide, and assist the field in its response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The ARP funding awarded to Fresh Meat Productions and Queer Cultural Center is to support staff salaries.

  2. Chris Stout:

    All of us here have experience with all of the shrinks at the V.A., so we just started helping him through that process, people most often see us as an organization that provides housing. … It’s great that( now) people know that we’ll help you with anything when you walk in the door.

  3. Harjeet Singh:

    If these negotiations do not help countries to deal with the real impacts of climate change, and only prioritize emission targets, they will have failed the very people this agreement is meant to protect.

  4. Paul Wiener:

    But few have spoken of the actual pleasure derived from giving to someone, from creating something, from finishing a task, form offering unexpected help almost invisibly and anonymously.

  5. Elizabeth Warren:

    A foreign government attacked our 2016 elections to support Trump, Trump welcomed that help, and Trump obstructed the investigation. Now, he said he’d do it all over again. It’s time to impeach Donald Trump.


Translations for help

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • hulp, helpAfrikaans
  • aduya, aduyarAragonese
  • مساعدة, ساعد, عاونArabic
  • kömək etməkAzerbaijani
  • ярҙамсы, ярҙамBashkir
  • дапамога, дапамагаць, памагаць, дапамагчы, памагчыBelarusian
  • помощ, помогна, помагамBulgarian
  • সাহায্য, সাহায্য করাBengali
  • ajuda, ajudar, aidarCatalan, Valencian
  • aiutàCorsican
  • nápověda, pomocník, pomocnice, pomoc, pomoct, pomoci, pomáhatCzech
  • hjælp, hjælpeDanish
  • Hilfe, helfenGerman
  • βοήθεια, συντρέχω, βοηθάωGreek
  • helpilo, helpisto, helpo, servisto, helpanto, helpiEsperanto
  • auxilio, ayuda, socorro, ayudarSpanish
  • abi, koduabiline, abiline, abistama, aitama, panustamaEstonian
  • laguntzaile, laguntza, lagunduBasque
  • کمک, یاری, کمک کردن, یاری کردنPersian
  • apuri, apu, opastaa, auttaaFinnish
  • aide, auxiliaire, secours, aider, secourirFrench
  • help, helpeWestern Frisian
  • cuidiú, cúnamh, cabhair, cabhraigh, tug cúnamh, cuidighIrish
  • cuidichScottish Gaelic
  • axuda, axudarGalician
  • עזרה, סיוע, סייע, תרם, עזרHebrew
  • सहायता, उपकार, मदद, मदद करनाHindi
  • èd, edeHaitian Creole
  • segítség, segítHungarian
  • օգնական, օգնություն, օգնելArmenian
  • adjuta, succurso, succurrer, adjutarInterlingua
  • pertolongan, penolong, bantuan, pembantu, membantu, menahan, bantu, menolong, TolongIndonesian
  • helpo, helparIdo
  • aðstoð, hjálparhella, heimilishjálp, hjálp, fulltingi, hjálpaIcelandic
  • aiuto, ausilio, aiutareItalian
  • 手伝い, 助け, ヘルプ, 手助け, 手伝う, 助けるJapanese
  • დახმარებაGeorgian
  • жәрдем, көмек, ермек ету, көмек көрсету, көмектесу, жәрдем беру, болысуKazakh
  • ជំនួយ, ជួយKhmer
  • 도움, 돕다Korean
  • خزمه‌تکار, alîkarî, misaede, piştevanî, yarmetî, komekî, destek, یارمه‌تی, piştgirî, یارمه‌تی دانKurdish
  • көмөк, жардам, көмөк берүү, жардам кылуу, жардам берүү, жардам көрсөтүүKyrgyz
  • auxilium, adiuvō, adiūtōLatin
  • Hëllef, hëllefenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • ຊ່ອຍ, ຊ່ວຽLao
  • pagalba, padėtiLithuanian
  • palīgs, palīdzība, palīdze, palīdzēt, līdzētLatvian
  • помош, помошник, помошничка, помагаMacedonian
  • സഹായി, സഹായംMalayalam
  • тусламжMongolian
  • bantuan, pertolongan, bantu, tolongMalay
  • għajnunaMaltese
  • ကူညီ, ကူBurmese
  • मदत गर्नुNepali
  • hulp, helpenDutch
  • hjelp, hushjelp, hjelpe til med, hjelpe, hjelpe for, hjelpe til, bidra tilNorwegian
  • iilyeedNavajo, Navaho
  • aidar, ajudarOccitan
  • ӕххуыс кӕнынOssetian, Ossetic
  • pomoc domowa, pomoc, pomagaćPolish
  • auxílio, criado, ajuda, ajudante, criada, socorro, servente, socorrer, ajudarPortuguese
  • yanapayQuechua
  • güdar, gidar, güderRomansh
  • asistență, ajutoare, ajutor, asista, ajutaRomanian
  • помощь, помощница, помощник, помочь, помогатьRussian
  • agiudai, agiadai, agiuareSardinian
  • pȍmōć, pomòćnica, pomòćnīk, по̏мо̄ћ, pòmoći, pomágati, по̀моћи, пома́гатиSerbo-Croatian
  • උදව් කරනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
  • pomoc, pomôcť, pomáhaťSlovak
  • pomoč, pomočnik, pomagáč, gospodinjska pomočnica, pomagatiSlovene
  • shërbëtor, ndihmes, ndihmë, shërbëtore, asistent, kontriboAlbanian
  • bantosSundanese
  • hjälp, hjälpaSwedish
  • msaada, kusaidiaSwahili
  • உதவிTamil
  • సాయము, సహాయము, సాయం చేయు, సహాయపడుTelugu
  • комак, ёри, кумак кардан, ёри карданTajik
  • ความช่วยเหลือ, ช่วยเหลือ, ช่วยThai
  • kömek, ýardam, ýardam etmek, kömekleşmekTurkmen
  • tulong, tumulong, tulunganTagalog
  • yardım, yardımcı, yardım etmek, yardım etTurkish
  • ярдәм, ярдәм күрсәтергә, ярдәм итәргәTatar
  • допомога, допомогти, помагати, помогти, допомагатиUkrainian
  • مدد, مدد کرناUrdu
  • koʻmak, yordam, bermoq, yordamlashmoq, qarashmoq, yordam bermoqUzbek
  • hỗ trợ, giúp đỡ, trợ giúp, giúpVietnamese
  • yufVolapük
  • הילףYiddish
  • 帮帮我Chinese

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Are we missing a good synonym for help?

1 encourage, befriend; support, second, uphold, back, abet. 3 further, promote, foster.

Contents

  • 1 What is the synonym and antonym of help?
  • 2 What are three synonyms for help?
  • 3 What is a synonym of help others?
  • 4 Will help me synonyms?
  • 5 What is the meaning of helping?
  • 6 What’s another word for helping out?
  • 7 Can help out meaning?
  • 8 What is a stronger word for support?
  • 9 What kind of word is help?
  • 10 What is the noun of help?
  • 11 How do you say someone is helpful?
  • 12 What is a good synonym for helpful?
  • 13 Is it correct to help you out?
  • 14 What is the difference between help me and help me out?
  • 15 What’s the difference between help and help out?
  • 16 Are help and support the same thing?
  • 17 What is the plural of help?
  • 18 Do not help synonyms?
  • 19 What is the adverb of help?
  • 20 What is the root word of help?

What is the synonym and antonym of help?

verb. ( ˈhɛlp) Give help or assistance; be of service.
Antonyms. activity difficult difficulty effortfulness discomfort unnaturalness disallow. aid hasten succor assist attend.

What are three synonyms for help?

synonyms for help

  • advice.
  • aid.
  • benefit.
  • comfort.
  • cooperation.
  • guidance.
  • hand.
  • service.

What is a synonym of help others?

assisting, backing, backstopping, propping (up), supporting.

Will help me synonyms?

What is another word for help me?

help I need help
over here save me
SOS yoohoo
somebody help me

What is the meaning of helping?

helped; helping; helps. Essential Meaning of help. 1 : to do something that makes it easier for someone to do a job, to deal with a problem, etc. : to aid or assist someone Let me help you with that box. =

What’s another word for helping out?

What is another word for help out?

help assist
aid abet
lend a hand cooperate
chip in pitch in
take part participate

Can help out meaning?

to help someone, especially by doing a particular job or by giving them money. My family has always helped me out. help out with: He always helped out with the housework.

What is a stronger word for support?

back, champion, give help to, help, assist, aid, be on the side of, side with, favour, prefer, abet, aid and abet, encourage. vote for, ally oneself with, stand behind, fall in with, stand up for, defend, take someone’s part, take up the cudgels for.

What kind of word is help?

As detailed above, ‘help’ can be a noun, an interjection or a verb. Noun usage: I need some help with my homework. Noun usage: He was a great help to me when I was moving house. Noun usage: The help is coming round this morning to clean.

help. (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid. (usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. Documentation provided with computer software, etc.

How do you say someone is helpful?

Synonyms

  1. helpful. adjective. a helpful person helps you by doing something or by giving you useful advice or information.
  2. friendly. adjective.
  3. kind. adjective.
  4. caring. adjective.
  5. good-hearted. adjective.
  6. generous. adjective.
  7. forthcoming. adjective.
  8. good. adjective.

What is a good synonym for helpful?

WORDS RELATED TO HELPFUL

  • considerate.
  • cooperative.
  • friendly.
  • generous.
  • handy.
  • helpful.
  • hospitable.
  • kind.

Is it correct to help you out?

2) ‘Help’ can be followed by an infinitive. ‘Help out’ can’t. ‘He helped us mend the car’. 3) ‘Help out’ is more likely to be used on it’s own.

What is the difference between help me and help me out?

Yes, there is a slight difference between “help me” and “help me out”. Helping somebody means simply “giving assistance/aid”. “Help smb. out” means to help smb.

What’s the difference between help and help out?

It’s like someone is assisting or aiding in someone else’s life, and we can only use “help out” to talk about actions done by other people. This is a key difference with the verb “help.” Because this is used only to talk about people, we can’t use this for objects. That means an object cannot help out.

Are help and support the same thing?

To Help is , “to provide assistance and make it easier for someone to do something by offering one’s services or resources, or to be of benefit to”. To Support is, “to provide assistance by giving approval, comfort and encouragement, or being capable of sustaining”.

What is the plural of help?

The noun help can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be help. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be helps e.g. in reference to various types of helps or a collection of helps.

Do not help synonyms?

To not help someone – thesaurus

  • desert. verb. to leave someone in a situation where they have no help or support.
  • forsake. verb.
  • leave someone in the lurch. phrase.
  • not lift a finger. phrase.
  • that’s your problem. phrase.
  • abandon. verb.
  • throw someone under the bus. phrase.
  • redline. verb.

What is the adverb of help?

helplessly.

What is the root word of help?

Old English helpan “to help, support, succor; benefit, do good to; cure, amend” (transitive, class III strong verb; past tense healp, past participle holpen), from Proto-Germanic *helpanan (source also of Old Norse hjalpa, Old Frisian helpa, Middle Dutch and Dutch helpen, Old High German helfan, German helfen), a word

Collins

  
      vb  

1    abet, aid, assist, back, befriend, cooperate, encourage, give a leg up     (informal)   lend a hand, lend a helping hand, promote, relieve, save, second, serve, stand by, succour, support  

2    alleviate, ameliorate, cure, ease, facilitate, heal, improve, mitigate, relieve, remedy, restore  

3    abstain, avoid, control, eschew, forbear, hinder, keep from, prevent, refrain from, resist, shun, withstand  
      n  

4    advice, aid, assistance, avail, benefit, cooperation, guidance, helping hand, promotion, service, support, use, utility  

5    assistant, employee, hand, helper, worker  

6    balm, corrective, cure, relief, remedy, restorative, salve, succour  
  
Antonyms     
,       vb  

1 & 2    aggravate, bar, block, discourage, fight, foil, frustrate, harm, hinder, hobble, hurt, impede, injure, irritate, make worse, obstruct, oppose  
      n  

4 & 6    aggravation, bane, block, discouragement, hindrance, irritant, obstruction, opposition  

English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus  

Collins

help

     ( helps    3rd person present)   ( helping    present participle)   ( helped    past tense & past participle  )

1       verb   If you help someone, you make it easier for them to do something, for example by doing part of the work for them or by giving them advice or money.  
He has helped to raise a lot of money…      V to-inf/inf  
You can of course help by giving them a donation directly…      V  
If you’re not willing to help me, I’ll find somebody who will.      V n  
      Help is also a noun., n-uncount  
(=assistance)  

Thanks very much for your help…, Always ask the pharmacist for help…     

2       verb   If you say that something helps, you mean that it makes something easier to do or get, or that it improves a situation to some extent.  
The right style of swimsuit can help to hide, minimise or emphasise what you want it to…      V to-inf/inf  
Building more motorways and by-passes will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities…      V n  
Understanding these rare molecules will help chemists to find out what is achievable…      V n to-inf/inf  
I could cook your supper, though, if that would help.      V  

3       verb   If you help someone go somewhere or move in some way, you give them support so that they can move more easily.  
Martin helped Tanya over the rail…      V n prep/adv  
She helped her sit up in bed so she could hold her baby.      V n inf/to-inf  

4       n-sing   If you say that someone or something has been a help or has been some help, you mean that they have helped you to solve a problem.  
a N, also no det  
The books were not much help.     

5       n-uncount   Help is action taken to rescue a person who is in danger. You shout `help!’ when you are in danger in order to attract someone’s attention so that they can come and rescue you.  
He was screaming for help…, `Help!’ I screamed, turning to run.     

6       n-uncount   In computing, help, or the help menu, is a file that gives you information and advice, for example about how to use a particular program.     (COMPUTING)  
If you get stuck, click on Help.     

7       verb   If you helpyourselfto something, you serve yourself or you take it for yourself. If someone tells you to helpyourself, they are telling you politely to serve yourself anything you want or to take anything you want.  
There’s bread on the table. Help yourself…      V pron-refl  
Just help yourself to leaflets.      V pron-refl to n  

8       verb   If someone helpsthemselvesto something, they steal it.  
INFORMAL   Has somebody helped himself to some film star’s diamonds?      V pron-refl to n  

10    If you can’t help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it happening. You can also say that you can’t helpyourself.  

can’t help sth      phrase   V inflects, PHR -ing, PHR it, PHR pron-refl, PHR n  
I can’t help feeling sorry for the poor man…     

11    If you say you can’t help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.  

can’t help      phrase   V inflects, PHR -ing, PHR but inf     (vagueness)
  
I can’t help feeling that this may just be another of her schemes…     

12    If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.  

be of help      phrase   V inflects  
Can I be of help to you?      help out      phrasal verb   If you help someone out, you help them by doing some work for them or by lending them some money.  
I help out with the secretarial work…      V P with n  
All these presents came to more money than I had, and my mother had to help me out…      V n P  
He thought you’d been brought in from Toronto to help out the local police.      V P n (not pron), Also V P  

home help        ( home helps    plural  ) A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking.  
  (mainly BRIT)      n-count  

self-help  

1       n-uncount   Self-help consists of people providing support and help for each other in an informal way, rather than relying on the government, authorities, or other official organizations.  
oft N n  
She helped her Mum set up a self-help group for parents with over-weight children.     

2       n-uncount   Self-help consists of doing things yourself to try and solve your own problems without depending on other people.  
…a society that encourages competitiveness and self-help among the very young., …a self-help book.     

Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary  

Collaborative Dictionary     English Thesaurus

go-to person

n.

a person you can go to for help, advice or information

April showers bring May flowers

exp.

used to point out that small problems or unpleasant events can in the end help things get better

go-to guy

n.

someone to whom everybody is turning when they need advice, help

[Fam.]

wingman

n.

1. [Mil.] a pilot who comes in support of the leading aircraft. He is positionned besides and slightly behind the leading aircraft. 2. [Fig.] a person who helps a friend to approach potential partners

2. this meaning has been popularised by the TV series How I Met Your Mother

social lubricant

n.

any food, beverage, drug or activity that helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions

Ex: Having an alcohol beverage might be seen as a kind of social lubrificant as so far as it helps some peole overcome their shyness

software proposal

n.

a detail-oriented document clearly outlining the objectives of the project like technical , terms and financial aspects of the software project .These software proposals helps the Business Professionals to automate routine tasks.

[Comp.]

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Phrases with Help

Things Help often describes

  • help shows

  • help help

  • help doesn’t

  • help vehicle

  • help Shane

  • help didn’t

  • help savvy

  • help sorry

  • help lawyers

How Help often is described

  • little help

  • outside help

  • medical help

  • don’t help

  • professional help

  • hired help

  • great help

  • big help

  • extra help

  • psychiatric help

Help is the first word in phrase

  • help message

  • help file

  • help menu

  • help books

  • help desk

  • help wanted

  • help items

  • help service

  • help screen

  • help videos

Help is the last word in phrase

  • doesn’t help

  • didn’t help

  • couldn’t help

  • bring help

  • episode help

  • adult help

  • game help

  • island help

  • time help

  • love help

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Help

Synonyms: Abet, aid, assist, support


What Does “Help” Mean, and What Other Words Can I Use Instead?

Definition Example Sentence Synonyms
(verb) to give assistance or support My sister will help the children with their homework while I cook dinner. abet, aid, assist, back, support
(verb) to improve/relieve, make pleasant or more bearable. I was told to use a walking boot to help the pain. alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe
(verb) to refrain from or keep from occurring We couldn’t help but cry in a happy embrace when we first saw each other again. refrain from, avoid, avert, prevent
(verb) to serve someone (with food or drink) or to take for oneself We were told to help ourselves, so I grabbed all the snacks I could fit on my plate. serve
(noun) a source of aid, remedy, or relief The restaurant was busy, so I needed help from my coworker. assistance, aid, support, guidance

The word “help” is often used as a phrasal verb: help out.

He wanted to help out, but instead, he was making things more complicated.

“Help!” is a famous song by The Beatles.

How Else Can I Ask for “Help?”

Explicitly asking for help may seem daunting to some. Here are other ways to ask for help:

Could you give me a hand?

Do you mind lending me a hand?

I need some assistance.

Can you do me a favor and…?

I need a helping hand, please.


How Else Can the Word “Help” Be Used?

1) To say that someone is helpful is to say that they’re “giving or ready to give help.”

When I first transferred here from LSU, Jackson was extremely helpful in showing me around campus.

2) Helping is the gerund or present participle of the verb form of help.

He was helping her move in.

3) However, helping can also mean “a portion (usually of food) or allocation.”

She had two helpings of rice and beans.


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