helper
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
my invaluable assistant
Types & categories
- worker
- coadjutor
- accomplice
- auxiliary
- attendant
- bat boy
- dental assistant
- deputy
- actor's assistant
- event planner
- facilitator
- flower girl
- girl Friday
- enforcer
- cat's-paw
- labor coach
- underboss
- manakin
- poser
- paraprofessional
- powder monkey
- prompter
- right-hand man
- secretarial assistant
- sidesman
- subordinate
- water boy
- whipper-in
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
Types & categories
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assistant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coadjutor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accomplice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | auxiliary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attendant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bat boy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental assistant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deputy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | actor's assistant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | event planner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | facilitator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flower girl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | girl Friday |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enforcer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat's-paw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor coach |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underboss |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manakin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poser |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paraprofessional |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | powder monkey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prompter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | right-hand man |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretarial assistant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sidesman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subordinate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water boy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whipper-in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | good person |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | benefactress |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bondswoman |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conferrer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | donor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fairy godmother |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | good Samaritan |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | improver |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | liberator |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | obliger |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | offerer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sponsor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | provider |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rescuer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sparer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | uncle |