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accommodator

accommodator

6.9
A person who helps others by doing favors or small services
  • noun
  • /əˈkɒmədeɪtər/
translation icon : 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
833 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
365 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
136 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
79 1.0

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

performs services often as favors rather than paid work
aider
vsaccommodator
3 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
3.0

A person who helps another with a task or need

focuses on voluntary favors not on formal roles or jobs
assistor
vsaccommodator
4.3

A person or thing that helps someone with a task

is used for doing single services or favors rather than defined jobs
attender
vsaccommodator
5.3

A person who helps and looks after someone with daily needs

is broader, including doing favors beyond direct care or waiting
succorer
vsaccommodator
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
46 4.6
accommodator
6.9
assistant
833 1.0
caretaker
60 1.9
bystander
84 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.