Dictionary entry details
• HELPER (noun)
Meaning:
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
assistant; helper; supporter; help
Context examples:
my invaluable assistant / they hired additional help to finish the work
Hypernyms ("helper" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helper"):
underboss (an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate))
fashion model; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin; model (a woman who wears clothes to display fashions)
model; poser (a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor)
paraprofessional (a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional)
powder monkey (someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship))
prompter; theater prompter (someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech)
chief assistant; man Friday; right-hand man (the most helpful assistant)
secretarial assistant; secretary (an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization)
sidesman ((Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church)
foot soldier; subordinate; subsidiary; underling (an assistant subject to the authority or control of another)
water boy; waterer (an assistant who supplies drinking water)
whipper-in (huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds)
labor coach; monitrice (assistant (often the father) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes)
cat's-paw; instrument; pawn (a person used by another to gain an end)
enforcer; hatchet man (one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior)
accomplice; confederate (a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan))
aide; auxiliary (someone who acts as assistant)
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
bat boy ((baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment)
dental assistant (an assistant to a dentist)
deputy; lieutenant (an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent)
actor's assistant; dresser (a wardrobe assistant for an actor)
event planner (someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials))
facilitator (someone who makes progress easier)
flower girl (a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession)
girl Friday (a female assistant who has a range of duties)
coadjutor (an assistant to a bishop)
Meaning:
A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
benefactor; helper
Hypernyms ("helper" is a kind of...):
good person (a person who is good to other people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helper"):
benefactress (a woman benefactor)
uncle (a source of help and advice and encouragement)
sparer (someone who refrains from injuring or destroying)
deliverer; rescuer; savior; saviour (a person who rescues you from harm or danger)
provider (someone who provides the means for subsistence)
patron; sponsor; supporter (someone who supports or champions something)
offerer; offeror (someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection)
accommodator; obliger (someone who performs a service or does a favor)
liberator (someone who releases people from captivity or bondage)
bondsman; bondswoman (someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else)
bestower; conferrer; donor; giver; presenter (person who makes a gift of property)
donor ((medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host))
fairy godmother (a generous benefactor)
good Samaritan (a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble)
do-gooder; humanitarian; improver (someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms)
