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accommodator

accommodator

1 6.9
A person who helps others by doing favors or small services
  • noun
  • /əˈkɒmədeɪtər/
: acomodador
  • As a dedicated volunteer, she became an accommodator for those in need, helping them with daily tasks.

Examples

  • The hotel manager acted as an accommodator by arranging special services for the guests.

  • The event planner served as an accommodator to ensure that every guest felt welcome and catered to.

  • Accommodators' greatest strength lies in doing things, carrying out plans and experiments, and involving themselves in new experiences.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

assistant
vsaccommodator
813 1.0

A person who helps someone with their work or tasks

tends toward workplace support rather than one-off personal favors
aide
vsaccommodator
  • Formal
359 3.5

A person who helps someone in a job, for example a teacher or politician

is broader, covering informal favors as well as formal assistance
attendant
vsaccommodator
182 2.8

A person who serves or helps people in a public place

often covers casual favors too but the key is not limited to public service
helper
vsaccommodator
91 1.0

A person who does tasks for others, for example at events

performs services often as favors rather than paid work
aider
vsaccommodator
1 4.7

A person who helps someone in need, for example with first aid

acts by doing favors or services informally rather than officially
servitor
vsaccommodator
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who helps important guests at formal events

is less formal and used for general favors or simple services
assister
vsaccommodator
1 3.0

A person who helps another with a task or need

focuses on voluntary favors not on formal roles or jobs
attender
vsaccommodator
1 5.3

A person who helps and looks after someone with daily needs

is broader, including doing favors beyond direct care or waiting
assistor
vsaccommodator
1 4.3

A person or thing that helps someone with a task

is used for doing single services or favors rather than defined jobs
succorer
vsaccommodator
1 9.8

A person who helps others in trouble

focuses on ordinary favors, not only emergency relief or rescue

Antonyms

1 6.7

A person who does not do, accept, or agree to something

How Helpful

benefactor
47 4.6
accommodator
1 6.9
assistant
813 1.0
caretaker
84 1.9
bystander
79 3.4

Surface Forms

accommodator singular
accommodators plural

Morphology

accommodator = accommodate (transparent) = accommodate + or

The suffix '-or' is commonly used to form nouns indicating a person who performs an action.

Etymology

Accommodator The word accommodator comes from accommodate, with the root commod- meaning 'suitable' or 'convenient', as in accommodation. So an accommodator is someone who makes things easy or gives a helpful service to others.