help

Examples

• All

• Thanks to Jeff Carter for his support and help throughout this project.

  Academic text (2013)

• That's a great help.

  Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

• It's nice to have some real help around here.

  Lights Out (2024)

• Probably be a big help to you.

  Heat (1995)

• I need your legal help.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• We hope this information is of help as you develop your evaluation plans.

  Academic text (2012)

• Liz has been a big help.

  Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2024)

• All right, listen, you've been a big help.

  Small Apartments (2012)

• Without their help, it would not have been possible to assemble this checklist.

  Academic text (2017)

• We thank the nurses and physicians in the catheterization laboratory for their help with this investigation.

  Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

H

hand

vshelp

• Informal

∞ 1.0

Help that someone gives to another person to do a task

is any person or thing that eases activity not only during task performance

S

support

vshelp

∞ 1.0

Help for a person or idea

focuses more on practical ways to make tasks possible rather than just approval

A

assistance

vshelp

947 1.0

Help given to someone that makes a task easier or gives money

is the general term for making things easier without stressing resources

A

assistant

vshelp

833 1.0

A person who helps someone with their work or tasks

is the general term for making something easier beyond only work roles

A

aid

vshelp

203 1.0

A person or thing that helps you do something

is broader meaning any person or thing that assists or supports others

H

helper

vshelp

79 1.0

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

can also be a nonhuman thing that makes activities easier or faster

H

helping hand

vshelp

31 1.4

Someone who gives support when you need it

is the broader idea of easing tasks rather than only emergency support

L

little helper

vshelp

5 3.2

A person or thing that makes a task easier

describes broader or more substantial support rather than a small auxiliary role

A

aider

vshelp

3 4.7

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

is broader including nonhuman items that ease actions or tasks

Antonyms

H

hindrance

21 5.7

A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic

Idioms

C

to can't help but groan

• Informal

7.2

To feel so annoyed or frustrated that you make a soft unhappy sound

C

to couldn't help but crow

• Informal

9.3

Be unable to stop yourself from bragging about a success

C

to couldn't help but drool

• Informal

7.4

Want food so much that you cannot stop your mouth from filling with saliva

C

to couldn't help but gawk

• Informal

8.2

To be unable to stop yourself from staring in a rude or amazed way

H

to help a lame dog over a stile

• Informal

9.9

To do something kind for a person in trouble

Compounds

S

self-help

44 3.6

To try to improve your life alone using books or courses

H

hired help

7 3.0

People who are paid to do house or farm work

H

help desk

• Specialized

3 3.0

A service that gives information and technical help to computer users

D

domestic help

1 2.6

A person paid to clean and cook in a home

K

kitchen help

1 2.5

A person who helps in a restaurant kitchen with preparing food and cleaning

H

help in kind

3.6

Help given as goods or services instead of money

H

help vampire

• Offensive

9.9

A person who always asks others for help but never tries to solve problems alone or help them back

H

help with digestion

3.0

Something that makes food break down in your stomach

H

home help

• UK

3.4

A person who helps older or disabled people with housework and shopping at home

S

signal for help

3.4

A sign or action that shows you need help in an emergency, like waving arms

How Helpful

rescuer

64 1.4

help

356 1.0

assistant

833 1.0

helper

79 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology