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   help

   /hɛlp/

   verb

   • 1. make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources: "they helped her with domestic chores" Similar assistaidhelp outlend a hand tolend a helping hand togive assistance tocome to the aid ofsuccouraid and abetbe of service tobe of use tobe useful todo someone a favourdo someone a servicedo someone a good turnbail/bale someone outcome to someone's rescuegive someone a leg upcooperate withdo one's bit forrally roundpitch inchip ininformal:get someone out of a tight spotsave someone's baconsave someone's skinmuck in withget stuck in withOpposite hinder
   • ▪ improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to: "upbeat comments about prospects helped confidence" Similar relievesootheamelioratealleviatemake bettereaseimproveassuagepalliatelessenmitigateremedycurehealrestoreOpposite worsenaggravate
   • ▪ assist (someone) to move: "I helped her up"
   • ▪ assist someone to put on or take off (a garment): "she would help him off with his coat"
   • 2. serve someone with (food or drink): "may I help you to some more meat?"
   • ▪ take something without permission: "just help yourself if you need anything"
   • 3. cannot or could not avoid: "he couldn't help laughing"
   • ▪ cannot or could not stop oneself from doing something: "she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears"

   noun

   • 1. the action of helping someone to do something: "I asked for help from my neighbours" Similar assistanceaida helping handsupportsuccouradviceguidancesolutionbenefituseadvantageservicecomfortavailcooperationcollaborationbackingencouragementinformal:a shot in the armOpposite hindrance
   • ▪ the fact of being useful: "the skimpy manual isn't much help for beginners"
   • ▪ a person or thing that helps: "she's been given financial help with travel"
   • ▪ a domestic employee: "she has taught herself to cook since the defection of the last of the village helps" Similar domestic workerdomestic helpdomestic servantcleanercleaning womancleaning ladyhome helpmaidhousemaidhousekeeperservanthired helphelperassistantemployeeworkerinformal:dailydaily womanskivvyMrs Mopdated:charwomancharladychararchaic:scullionabigail
   • ▪ giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions: "a help menu"

   exclamation

   • 1. used as an appeal for urgent assistance: "Help! I'm drowning!"

   Word Origin Old Englishhelpan (verb), help (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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2. www.thesaurus.com › browse › help164 Synonyms & Antonyms for HELP | Thesaurus.com

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   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.

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3. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › helpHELP Synonyms: 307 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

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   Synonyms for HELP: assist, aid, support, reinforce, encourage, save, facilitate, back; Antonyms of HELP: hinder, restrain, interfere, impede, inhibit, constrain, hamper, oppose

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

4. www.wordhippo.com › what-is › another-word-forWhat is another word for help? | Help Synonyms - WordHippo

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   Find 7,685 synonyms for help and other similar words that you can use instead based on 51 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › helpHELP - 166 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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   Synonyms and antonyms of help in English. help. Thesaurus > advice > help. These are words and phrases related to help. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of help. ADVICE. I didn't know who to turn to for help. Synonyms and examples. advice. Let me give you some advice. a piece of advice.

6. www.powerthesaurus.org › help › synonymsHelp synonyms - 3 452 Words and Phrases for Help - Power...

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   Another way to say Help? Synonyms for Help (other words and phrases for Help).

7. www.thesaurus.net › helpHELP: 2068 Synonyms and 15709 Antonyms | Thesaurus.net

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   Some common synonyms include assist, support, aid, and collaborate. Assist implies that we give our time, effort, or resources to help someone else. Support often means emotional or financial help, as in 'I will support you through this difficult time'.

8. www.wordreference.com › synonyms › helphelp - WordReference.com English Thesaurus

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   WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Noun: assistance. Synonyms: assistance, aid, a hand (informal), a helping hand, assist, succor, succour (UK), cooperation, relief, medical assistance, medical attention, attention, care, first aid, ministrations, a favor, a favour (UK), service. Antonyms: