help

1 to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end

offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment

Synonyms of help

abet, aid, assist, back, backstop, prop (up), support

Words Related to help

advance, ease, facilitate, forward, foster, further, launch

champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, promote, sponsor

attend, care (for), comfort, minister (to), succor

sustain

bolster, boost, buttress, reinforce (also reenforce)

advise, counsel, guide, mentor, nurture

bail out, deliver, rescue, save

embolden, encourage, hearten

benefit, favor, oblige, profit, serve

Phrases Synonymous with help

bear a hand, to stand one in good stead

Near Antonyms of help

balk, bar, block, constrain, hamper, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, restrain, strangle

baffle, foil, frustrate, inconvenience, interfere, oppose, sabotage, thwart

desert, disappoint, fail, let down

discourage, dishearten

repress, retard, stifle, straiten, stunt

damage, harm, hurt, injure

Antonyms of help

hinder

2 to make more bearable or less severe

the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit

Synonyms of help

allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe

Words Related to help

abate, lighten, moderate, soften, temper

cure, heal, remedy

amend, correct, emend, fix, mend, rectify, reform, repair

ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine

Near Antonyms of help

harm, hurt, impair, injure

heighten, intensify, sharpen

Antonyms of help

aggravate, exacerbate

3 to keep from happening by taking action in advance

they couldn't help the way things turned out

Synonyms of help

avert, forestall, head off, obviate, preclude, prevent, stave off

Words Related to help

anticipate, provide

negate, neutralize, nullify

save

baffle, balk, checkmate, deter, foil, frustrate, thwart

bar, block, hamper, hinder, impede, interfere (with), retard, stall

deflect, fend (off), stop, ward (off)

avoid

Synonyms and Antonyms of help

WORD OF THE DAY

restive