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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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go-to person |
n. |
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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go-to guy |
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someone to whom everybody is turning when they need advice, help |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote
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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, upholdAntonyms:
counteract, discourage, oppose, resist, thwart, withstandPreposition:
Help in an enterprise with money; help to success; against the enemy.
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helpverb
Synonyms:
aid, succor, remedy, prevent, avoid, assist, promote, cooperate, relieve, secondAntonyms:
oppose, obstruct, aggravate, incur
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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»
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service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid -
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»
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friend, garter, assist, aid, supporter, patron, booster, avail, champion, assistance, suspensor, benefactor, jock, helper, jockstrap, admirer, assistant, service, sponsor, athletic supporter, protagonist -
aid, assistance, helpnoun
a resource
«visual aids in teaching»
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service, supporter, assistance, attention, financial aid, care, assist, helper, economic aid, avail, assistant, tending, aid -
avail, help, serviceverb
a means of serving
«of no avail»; «there’s no help for it»
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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 -
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»
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attend to, help oneself, serve, assist, attend, wait on, facilitate, avail, aid -
help, aidverb
improve the condition of
«These pills will help the patient»
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help, facilitateverb
be of use
«This will help to prevent accidents»
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aid, alleviate, help oneself, ease, serve, assist, facilitate, avail -
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»
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help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate -
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 -
helpverb
contribute to the furtherance of
«This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries»
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help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate -
avail, helpverb
take or use
«She helped herself to some of the office supplies»
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helpverb
improve; change for the better
«New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture»
Synonyms:
help oneself, aid, avail, assist, serve, facilitate
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- Better
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- Improve
- Promote
- Provide
- Refrain
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helpverb
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relieve, succor, serve -
helpverb
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assist, support, aid, second, back, abet, co-operate with, take part with -
helpverb
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remedy, cure, heal -
helpverb
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prevent, hinder, withstand, resist, repress, control -
helpverb
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avoid, forbear, refrain from -
helpverb
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lend aid, contribute assistance, give one a lift -
helpnoun
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helpnoun
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remedy, relief -
helpnoun
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helper, assistant -
helpnoun
Synonyms:
[U. S.] domestic, house-servant (particularly a maid-servant)
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helpnoun
Synonyms:
aid, assistance, succor, support, facilitation, backing, subsidy, subvention, coöperation, remedy, relief, cure, restorative -
helpverb
Synonyms:
abet, assist, befriend, succor, aid, coöperate, collaborate, second, facilitate, subsidize, remedy, ameliorate, alleviate, promote, further
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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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HELP
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How to use help in a sentence?
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Rex Tillerson:
We’re asking a lot of the Chinese, we are going to test China’s willingness to help address this serious threat.
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Cassi Free:
The CDC states online that gasoline-powered engines on boats, including onboard generators, produce carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless and odorless gas that can poison or kill someone who breathes too much of it. The generators on many boats vent toward the rear, meaning that someone sitting there can be put at risk for CO poisoning. Additionally, traveling at slow speeds or idling in the water can cause CO to build up in a boats cabin, cockpit, bridge, and aft deck, or in an open area. Wind from the aft section of the boat can increase this buildup of CO, per the CDC. Johnathan and Blake both required oxygen to bring down their CO levels. Blake has continued to have issues with memory and focus, while Johnathan has struggled with energy levels, Cassi said. CORONAVIRUS PEDIATRIC FATALITIES MOSTLY AMONG MINORITIES, THOSE WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, CDC SAYS We thought it was due to the grief and had him in counseling, but we are now being told that grief may not be the only issue, Cassi said of her 15-year-old, noting that both boys are scheduled for MRIs and have a referral to begin sessions with a neuropsychiatrist to hopefully start a regimen that is supposed to help repair any damaged neurological connections. Moving forward has been hard for the Free family, with Cassi noting that she and Brett struggle daily. The joy has disappeared. Weve always been an active family, but we have little energy to do anything anymore. As I stand in these shoes, Ive realized that there are so many ways to notify people, other boaters, of the dangers, she said. The Free family had never heard of boats causing carbon monoxide poisoning before. (Courtesy of Cassi Free) New boats may have less risk, but many new boats cost as much as a house. A Mastercraft X26 costs $165,000. So for those with a smaller budget, your risks can be exponentially higher, many, if not all, new boats have warnings stamped on them. Used boats do not. And people with new boats, those who are lucky enough to be privy to the few notifications that are made available, forget that a cared-for boat can last for decades- and that the lakes are full of boats that have the potential to backdraft lethal levels of CO into the back seating area.
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Kyrsten Sinema:
These bills help treat the symptoms of the disease, but they do not fully address the disease itself, and while I continue to support these bills, I will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division affecting our country.
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Nigel Timmins:
If the world acts now, we can help prevent disaster and suffering for millions of people – rather than waiting for people to start dying.
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Tommy Wu:
To pull the economy out of contraction, you need something that benefits everybody, like cash handouts, tax cuts, pushing forward infrastructure spending that can be done sooner rather than later would also help.
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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Определения слова help
- помогать, содействовать; оказывать содействие
- улучшать
- содействовать; способствовать
- избегать, удерживаться.
- Take my hand, take my whole life too / For I can’t help falling in love with you.
Синонимы к слову help
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- advantage
- aid
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- assist
- assistance
- avoid
- be of assistance
- benefit
- comfort
- evade
- facilitate
- good thing
- help out
- improve
- lend a hand
- make easier
- prevent
- rally round
- refrain from
- relief
- relieve
- service
- stop
- support
Похожие слова на help
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- help
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- helping
- helping’s
- helpings
- helplessly
- helplessness
- helplessness’s
- helpmate
- helpmate’s
- helpmates
- helpmeet’s
- helps
Фразеологизмы для слова help
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- help along
- help forward
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