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   help

   /help/

   verb

   • 1. make it easier 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 ofsuccoraid and abetbe of service tobe of use tobe useful todo someone a favordo someone a servicedo someone a good turnbail/bale someone outcome to someone's rescuegive someone a leg upcooperate withdo one's bit forrally aroundpitch 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 in a specified direction: "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): "she helped herself to a cookie"
   • ▪ take something without permission: "just help yourself if you need anything"
   • 3. cannot or could not avoid: "he could not help laughing"
   • ▪ cannot or could not stop oneself from acting in a certain way: "she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears"

   noun

   • 1. the action of helping someone to do something; assistance: "I asked for help from my neighbors" Similar assistanceaida helping handsupportsuccoradviceguidancesolutionbenefituseadvantageservicecomfortavailcooperationcollaborationbackingencouragementinformal:a shot in the armOpposite hindrance
   • ▪ a person or thing that helps: "he was a great help"
   • ▪ 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.

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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.

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   recommend. advocate. Learn more. Advice is an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation. You can also give someone advice. TO HELP SOMEONE. Can I help you get that?

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   Synonyms for HELPING: aiding, relieving, computerized, easing, motorized, nonmanual, time-saving, mechanical; Antonyms of HELPING: nonautomatic, nonautomated, main, principal, chief, basic, necessary, fundamental.

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    Synonyms for HELP: aid, advice, assistance, cooperation, guidance, assist, abet, aid, assist, accommodate; Antonyms for HELP: hindrance, stop, counteraction, obstruction, blockage, check, hurt, harm, injury, oppose.

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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: