helpmeet
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈhɛlpmɪt/
- Archaic
:
compañero
- It certainly sounds as if Susan's realizing her life's helpmeet is no help and is not meeting her needs.
Examples
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I wish that list included the faithful wives and mothers who were helpmeets and world changers through their salty service in their callings at home.
Blog text (26) -
Del. said, "God gave woman her rights, and in Eden she stood, not man's superior as some would now contend, but his equal, and competent to fill her position as his companion and helpmeet.
Academic text (2004) -
"A helpmeet," May Reedy had told her she was.
Fiction book (1992) -
In this, I do wonder often what kind of things I should mention to him as his helpmeet and what kind of things I should keep to myself.
Blog text (19) -
A good helpmeet, not sickly, not pining.
Fiction book (1996) -
A perfect helpmeet.
Fiction book (1992) -
He said the wife was made a little lower than the husband to be a helpmeet to him, and I ought to return home and stop acting contrary.
Fiction book (1991) -
College cannot teach me or my sisters how to be future homemakers or helpmeets for our future husbands.
Blog text (34) -
She railed and stormed about loyalty and said being a helpmeet worked both ways; he utterly failed to understand her being with him and all it implied.
Fiction book (1991) -
She has always been a wonderful helpmeet, supporting me through both challenges and triumphs.
Synonyms
79
1.0
A person who does tasks for others, for example at events
3
7.0
A person who helps and supports their partner in life
A person who helps another with a task or need
A person or thing that helps someone with a task
Antonyms
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Helpmeet comes from the old English parts help and meet, where meet once meant 'fit' or 'suitable' rather than 'to meet' as we often use today. So a helpmeet is a partner who is a 'fitting' helper, a supportive spouse or companion.