- 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
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level 1
In this situation, I would use altruistic.
al·tru·is·tic
/ˌaltro͞oˈistik/
adjective
showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.
«it was an entirely altruistic act»
level 2
Thanks a lot! This is definitely the word I was looking for.
level 2
Agreed — the concept is “sacrifice”.
I was happy to sacrifice my own comfort so my mum could sit down on the train.
level 2
«Selfless» is a very suitable word that we can use in this case. But I think «Altruistic» is better. Because selfless means showing more interest in other’s desires. But I wanted to show that I do not have interest in my own needs. Both show the same thing but their meaning is different.
However, thank you for the answer. It surely did help me to learn something new.
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employee, domestic worker
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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 
Collaborative Dictionary English Thesaurus
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pleaser |
adv. |
someone who is always trying to please others |
«He`s always been a people pleaser.» |
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dominant |
adj. |
a person with more power or authority than others |
Eg.: Your father is one of the dominant man in his section because he is boss. |
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go-to guy |
n. |
someone to whom everybody is turning when they need advice, help |
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go-to person |
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a person you can go to for help, advice or information |
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April showers bring May flowers |
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used to point out that small problems or unpleasant events can in the end help things get better |
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badass |
n. |
a person who does not care too much about the others, a little rude, assertive |
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love locks |
n. |
padlocks that couples lock on a bridge or fence among others to symbolise their love |
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lightning rod |
n. |
Something or someone that becomes the focus of others‘ criticism or blame |
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portmanteau word |
n. |
a new word formed by joining together two others and combining their meanings. Examples: brunch, camcorder, carjack, motel, greenwash, smog, workaholic. |
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cyber identity theft |
n. |
the act of using someone else’s identifying information with the intent to defraud others online |
[Leg.];[Tech.] criminal act to steal a personal information online |
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be ahead of the game |
id. |
be more successful than others in a competitive situation or do things in advance in order to succeed in a competition. |
That basketball team was ahead of the game that is why they won! |
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misery loves company |
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expression meaning that someone who is not happy tends to find comfort in seeing others unhappy too |
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he can dish it but he can’t take it |
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this expression means ‘he is very good at criticizing others but he can’t accept criticism from others‘ |
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signficant other |
n. |
person who is very important and dear without formally being the spouse |
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inter-alia |
exp. |
amongst other things said or stated |
At the panel she stated her claims inter-alia |
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live in each other‘s pocket |
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if people live in each other‘s pocket, they spend a lot of time together |
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wait for the other shoe to drop |
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wait for something, usually linked to a previous event, to happen; expect something that can not be avoided to happen |
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