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aider

aider

3 4.7
A person who helps someone in need, for example with first aid
  • noun
  • /ˈeɪdər/
translation icon : ayudante
  • All participants chose to use the Motiv Aider (Behavioral Dynamics, 2010) to prompt delivery of BSP to the target student.
  • a first-aider

Examples

  • The direct effect of physical injury and death is well recognized, but many organizations fail to acknowledge the effect of a traumatic death on first aiders, other rescuers, colleagues, and bystanders.

    Academic text (2014)
  • A site translator role was designed; much like a first-aider role, in that translators were taken from the existing pool of staff, who were given an additional payment and permission for time off work to deal with urgent translation requirements.

    Academic text (2015)
  • "I had no medical background apart from being a first-aider.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We have no first aiders.

    Blog text (25)
  • And we're trained first-aiders.

  • The charity has argued that employers could do more to appoint and train mental health "first-aiders" within their organization to help identify and better manage and support employees suffering from anxiety, depression, or panic attacks.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Firstly, like any country, Israel has plenty of laws that make aiding and abetting terrorists illegal, no matter what nationality, ethnicity, or religion the particular aider or abettor is.

    Blog text (7)
  • The volunteer acted as an aider by providing food and shelter to those in need.

  • During the project, Sarah was a great aider, helping her teammates with their tasks.

  • As an aider in the community center, he always offered assistance to the elderly residents.

Synonyms

assistant
vsaider
833 1.0

A person who helps someone with their work or tasks

is the more general term for anyone who gives help beyond work
aide
vsaider
  • Formal
365 3.5

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

is the general helper concept used across all kinds of situations
helper
vsaider
79 1.0

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

is the broader label for any person who gives help to others
auxiliary
vsaider
10 6.0

A person who helps staff or members in an organization

is broader, covering help in any context not just organized roles
little helper
vsaider
5 3.2

A person or thing that makes a task easier

includes anyone who helps, including those who give major or essential aid
helpmate
vsaider
  • Archaic
3 7.0

A person who helps and supports their partner in life

applies widely to any helper regardless of personal relationship
assister
vsaider
3.0

A person who helps another with a task or need

has identical meaning in the descriptions with no clear difference noted
assistor
vsaider
4.3

A person or thing that helps someone with a task

refers only to people who offer help, not to objects or tools
succorer
vsaider
9.8

A person who helps others in trouble

covers help given in any situation, not only emergencies or distress

How Helpful

benefactor
46 4.6
supporter
817 1.0
aider
3 4.7
assistant
833 1.0
helper
79 1.0

Surface Forms

aider singular
aiders plural

Morphology

aider = aid (transparent) = aid + er

A productive agentive noun formed from the verb 'aid' with the regular suffix '-er', meaning 'person who helps'.

Etymology

Aider comes from an old French word and the Latin root adiutare, both meaning 'to help'. Think of the common English word aid or aide — an aider is simply someone who gives help.