help
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
he gave me an assist with the housework
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- self-help hyponym
- facilitation hyponym
- helping hand hyponym
- recourse hyponym
- thanks hyponym
- succor hyponym
- lift hyponym
- service hyponym
- accommodation hyponym
- boost hyponym
- comfort hyponym
- support hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give help or assistance; be of service
Everyone helped out during the earthquake
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- assist derivation
- aid derivation
- benefactor derivation
- helper derivation
- assistive derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
my invaluable assistant
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
- coadjutor hyponym
- accomplice hyponym
- auxiliary hyponym
- attendant hyponym
- bat boy hyponym
- dental assistant hyponym
- deputy hyponym
- actor's assistant hyponym
- event planner hyponym
- facilitator hyponym
- flower girl hyponym
- girl Friday hyponym
- enforcer hyponym
- cat's-paw hyponym
- labor coach hyponym
- underboss hyponym
- manakin hyponym
- poser hyponym
- paraprofessional hyponym
- powder monkey hyponym
- prompter hyponym
- right-hand man hyponym
- secretarial assistant hyponym
- sidesman hyponym
- subordinate hyponym
- water boy hyponym
- whipper-in hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
improve the condition of
These pills will help the patient
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a resource
visual aids in teaching
Types & categories
- resource hypernym
Related & opposite
- aid derivation
- help derivation
- assist derivation
- help derivation
- facilitate derivation
Sense 6 verb
be of use
This will help to prevent accidents
Types & categories
- serve hypernym
Related & opposite
- assist derivation
- facilitation derivation
- aid derivation
Sense 7 noun
a means of serving
of no avail
Types & categories
- helpfulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- avail derivation
Sense 8 verb
abstain from doing; always used with a negative
I can't help myself--I have to smoke
Types & categories
- refrain hypernym
Sense 9 verb
help to some food; help with food or drink
I served him three times, and after that he helped himself
Types & categories
- ply hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
contribute to the furtherance of
This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries
Types & categories
- encourage hypernym
Related & opposite
- assist derivation
- aid derivation
- benefactor derivation
- helper derivation
Sense 11 verb
take or use
She helped herself to some of the office supplies
Types & categories
- exploit hypernym
Related & opposite
- available derivation
Sense 12 verb
improve; change for the better
New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture
Types & categories
- improve hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wait on |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-help |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | facilitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | helping hand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recourse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thanks |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | succor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | service |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accommodation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | boost |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | comfort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | support |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | benefactor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | helper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assistive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | facilitate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wait on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | benefact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | help out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subserve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | succor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | expedite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | avail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | give care |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bootstrap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assistant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | coadjutor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accomplice |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | auxiliary |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | attendant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bat boy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental assistant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deputy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | actor's assistant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | event planner |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | facilitator |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flower girl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | girl Friday |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | enforcer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat's-paw |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor coach |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | underboss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | manakin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poser |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | paraprofessional |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | powder monkey |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prompter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | right-hand man |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretarial assistant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sidesman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subordinate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | water boy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whipper-in |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | care |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | do good |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | resource |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | serve |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | avail |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | helpfulness |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | refrain |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | server |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | serving |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | server |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | dish |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | benefactor |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | helper |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | available |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | exploit |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |