Help

Noun

 * 1)  Action given to provide assistance; aid.
 * I need some help with my homework.
 * 1)  A person or persons who provide assistance with some task.
 * He was a great help to me when I was moving house.
 * 1)  A person employed to help in the maintenance of a house.
 * The help is coming round this morning to clean.
 * 1)  Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
 * His suicide attempts were a cry for help.
 * He really needs help in handling customer complaints.
 * ''"He's a real road-rager." / "Yup, he really needs help, maybe anger management."

Verb

 * 1)  To provide assistance to (someone or something).
 * He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
 * 1)  To contribute in some way to.
 * The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
 * 1)  To provide assistance.
 * She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.
 * 1)  To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
 * We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.
 * We couldn’t help but notice that you were late.
 * She’s trying not to smile, but she can’t help herself.
 * Can I help it if I'm so beautiful?
 * Can I help it that I fell in love with you?
 * —Are they going to beat us? —Not if I can help it!

Interjection

 * 1) I/we desperately need assistance!
 * Help! We're under attack!

Adjectives for Help
indispensable; senseless; agreeable; distinct; explanatory; simple; invaluable; adventitious; slender; ever-present; effective; sympathetic; availing; unbiased; beneficial; relative; mutual; timely; injurious.

Verbs for Help
afford—; clamor for—; consent to—; furnish—; invoke—; obtain—; present—; procure—; profit by—; promise—; provide—; purchase—; refuse—; render—; seek—; — ameliorates; —amends; —augments; — benefits ; —delivers;  —extricates;  —relieves; —remedies.

Adverbs for Help
chivalrously; effectually; materially; cheerfully; perversely; personally; generously; precipitately; leisurely; adventitiously; sympathetically; beneficially; mutually.

Synonyms for Help

 * aid, assistance
 * mayday! (used by vessels and aircraft)
 * aid, assist, come to the aid of, help out
 * contribute to
 * assist* aid, assist, come to the aid of, help out
 * contribute to
 * assist
 * succor, sustain, uphold, support, relieve, improve,second, encourage, advise, befriend, abet, foster, cooperate, prop, maintain, nourish, nurture, lift,ameliorate, alleviate, instigate, incite, countenance, favor, benefit, invigorate, intercede.
 * assist
 * succor, sustain, uphold, support, relieve, improve,second, encourage, advise, befriend, abet, foster, cooperate, prop, maintain, nourish, nurture, lift,ameliorate, alleviate, instigate, incite, countenance, favor, benefit, invigorate, intercede.

Antonyms for Help
hinder, oppose, obstruct, impede, impose (on), check, retard

Derived terms

 * cry for help
 * help desk
 * helpful
 * helpline
 * helpmate
 * helpmeet
 * help page
 * home help
 * self-help

Derived terms

 * a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
 * can't help
 * helper
 * helping
 * help oneself
 * help out

Thesaurus
Samaritan, abet, acolyte, adjutant, administer to, advance, advantage, advise, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, alimony, alleviate, allotment, allowance, alterative, ameliorate, amend, analeptic, ancilla, annuity, antepast, anticipate, appropriate, arrogate, assist, assistance, assistant, assistants, assister, attend, attend on, attendant, auxiliary, avail, avert, avoid, back, backer, bail out, balm, balsam, bar, bear a hand, befriend, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefit, benefiter, best man, better, bolster, boost, bounty, break no bones, care for, champion, chore, clear the way, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, comfort, commandeer, confer a benefit, cooperation, corrective, course, cover, crew, cure, dance attendance upon, debar, deflect, depletion allowance, deputy, dessert, deter, discourage, dish, dishearten, do a favor, do a kindness, do for, do good, do no harm, do service to, doctor, dole, domestic, domestic servant, domestics, drudge, ease, employees, entree, entremets, escape, eschew, estop, exclude, executive officer, expedite, explain, expropriate, facilitate, favor, fellowship, fend, fend off, finance, financial assistance, forbear, forbid, force, foreclose, forestall, forward, fund, further, gang, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, good Samaritan, good offices, good person, grant, grant-in-aid, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, guaranteed annual income, hand, hands, hasten, healing agent, healing quality, help along, help out, helper, helpers, helping, helping hand, helpmate, helpmeet, hired help, improve, inform, jack-at-a-pinch, keep from, keep off, laborers, lackey, lend a hand, lend one aid, lieutenant, lift, look after, loose, lubricate, maid, make clear, make way for, meliorate, men, menial, minister to, ministering angel, ministrant, ministration, ministry, mitigate, nick, obviate, office, offices, oil, old-age insurance, open the way, open up, palliate, pander to, paranymph, paraprofessional, patron, pave the way, pay the bills, pecuniary aid, pension, pension off, personnel, pinch, pirate, place, plagiarize, plate, portion, preclude, prepare the way, prescription, prevent, price support, proffer aid, profit, prohibit, promote, protect, protection, public assistance, public welfare, purloin, quicken, rally, receipt, recipe, reclaim, redeem, refrain from, relief, relieve, remedial measure, remedy, remove friction, render a service, render assistance, repel, rescue, resist, restorative, restore, resuscitate, retinue, retirement benefits, revive, rule out, run interference for, save, scholarship, scullion, second, second helping, servant, servantry, servants, serve, service, serving, servitor, set up, sideman, simplify, slavey, smooth, smooth the way, soap the ways, sovereign remedy, specific, specific remedy, speed, staff, stand back of, stave off, stead, steal, stipend, stop, striker, subsidization, subsidize, subsidy, subvention, succor, succorer, support, supporter, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, take, take care of, take in tow, tax benefit, tend, the help, therapy, turn aside, turnspit, unbar, unblock, unclog, unjam, uphold, upon, use, usurp, valet, wait, wait on, ward off, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments, work for, workers

Etymology 1
From, from help:, from , from. Cognate with help:,  hulp:,  hjälpa: (to help),  Hilfe:,  hjælp:,  hjelp:.

Etymology 2
From helpen:, from  helpan:, from, from. Cognate with helpe:,  helpen:,  helfen:,  hjælpe:,  hjelpe:.

Noun

 * Albanian: ndihmë
 * Arabic: مساعدة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian:
 * Belarusian: дапамога
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ajuda
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hawaiian: kōkua
 * Hebrew:, סיוע
 * Hindi: मदद
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hjálp, aðstoð, fulltingi
 * Ido: helpo
 * Interlingua: adjuta, succurso
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 手助け, , ヘルプ
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: alîkarî, destek , yarmetî , komekî , piştevanî , piştgirî , misaede
 * Sorani: یارمه‌تی


 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Hëllef
 * Macedonian: помош
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: സഹായം (sahaayam)
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, یاری
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ajutor, asistenţă
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: помоћ, pomoć
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సహాయము (sahaayamu), సాయము (saayamu)
 * Thai: ความช่วยเหลือ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýardam
 * Ukrainian: допомога
 * Urdu: مدد
 * Vietnamese:, giúp đỡ, trợ giúp, hỗ trợ
 * Volapük: yuf
 * West Frisian: help


 * Albanian: ndihmes asistent
 * Armenian: օգնական
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:, pomocnice
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: abiline
 * French:
 * German:


 * Icelandic: hjálp, hjálparhella
 * Macedonian: помошник, помошничка
 * Malayalam: സഹായി (sahaayi)
 * Portuguese: ajudante,
 * Romanian: ajutor, ajutoare
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: pomagač, pomočnik
 * Swahili:


 * Albanian: shërbëtor, shërbëtore
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: koduabiline
 * Icelandic: heimilishjálp
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: خزمه‌تکار


 * Macedonian: помошник, помошничка
 * Polish: pomoc domowa
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: помощник (pomóšnik), помощница (pomóšnica)
 * Slovene: gospodinjska pomočnica


 * Albanian: ndihmë
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:


 * Hebrew:
 * Macedonian: помош
 * Slovene: pomoč
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Albanian: ndihmë
 * Arabic: ساعد, عاون
 * Armenian: օգնել
 * Basque: lagundu
 * Belarusian: дапамагаць, дапамагці
 * Bulgarian: ;
 * Catalan: ajudar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: or  ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, , jelpata, jelppiä, jeesata
 * French:, secourir
 * German:
 * Greek: βοηθάω (vοitháο), συντρέχω (sintrécho)
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hawaiian: kōkua
 * Hebrew:, סייע
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi: मदद करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: helpar
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: adjutar, succurrer
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: یارمه‌تی دان
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: hëllefen
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian:, یاری کردن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuidich
 * Serbo-Croatian: помагати, pomagati, помоћи, pomoći
 * Slovak: pomáhať, pomôcť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tumulong, tulungan
 * Thai: ช่วยเหลือ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: допомагати, допомогти
 * Urdu: مدد کرنا
 * Vietnamese: giúp đỡ
 * West Frisian: helpe


 * Albanian: ndihmë kontribo
 * Estonian: panustama
 * German: helfen
 * Hebrew: תרם
 * Luxembourgish: hëllefen
 * Macedonian:


 * Portuguese: ajudar
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: pomagati
 * Swahili:


 * Estonian: abistama
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Romanian: ,


 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: pomagati
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: సహాయపడు (sahaayapaDu), సాయం చేయు (saayam chEyu)

Interjection

 * Arabic: مساعدة
 * Catalan: socors!
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 救命,
 * Czech: pomoc!
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: helpon!
 * Estonian: appi!
 * Finnish: apua!, auttakaa!
 * French: au secours !, à l’aide !
 * German: Hilfe!
 * Greek: βοήθεια! (voíthia)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: बचाओ!
 * Hungarian: segítség!
 * Icelandic: hjálp!
 * Italian: aiuto!
 * Japanese:
 * Jingpho: karum la rit law!, hkye la rit law!


 * Korean: 도와주세요
 * Kurdish: !
 * Latin: ,
 * Lithuanian: gelbėkit!, padėkit!, pagalbos!
 * Luxembourgish: Hëllef!
 * Macedonian: на помош! (ná pomoš!), помагајте! (pomágajte!)
 * Maltese: ajjut!
 * Norwegian: hjelp!
 * Polish: pomocy!, ratunku!
 * Portuguese: socorro!, ajuda!
 * Romanian: ajutor!
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene: na pomoč!
 * Spanish: ¡socorro!, ¡auxilio!
 * Swahili: msaidizi
 * Swedish: hjälp!
 * Thai: ช่วยด้วย,
 * Vietnamese: cứu với, cứu tôi với, giúp đỡ

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) help