: one that helps
especially
: a relatively unskilled worker who assists a skilled worker usually by manual labor
Examples of helper in a Sentence
The carpenter measured the wall while one of his helpers brought in the tools.
over the summer Chris worked as a carpenter's helper
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Tesla could still make robots work in its factories, but humanoid robots may be better suited as house helpers and companions.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Kreider has four goals and five points in his first three games with Anaheim, while Leo Carlsson also has five points with a goal and four helpers.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Sid The Old Kid singlehandedly elevates this group above the few teams behind them, but his few helpers (Rakell and Rust) provide Pittsburgh with a cromulent first-line option – at least until GM Kyle Dubas holds a pre-deadline firesale.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The experiment indicated that the CD25-carrying T helper cells were promoting immune self-tolerance in the mice, and Sakaguchi and colleagues coined these cells regulatory T cells, which caught on.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Kreider has four goals and five points in his first three games with Anaheim, while Leo Carlsson also has five points with a goal and four helpers.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Sid The Old Kid singlehandedly elevates this group above the few teams behind them, but his few helpers (Rakell and Rust) provide Pittsburgh with a cromulent first-line option – at least until GM Kyle Dubas holds a pre-deadline firesale.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The experiment indicated that the CD25-carrying T helper cells were promoting immune self-tolerance in the mice, and Sakaguchi and colleagues coined these cells regulatory T cells, which caught on.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for helper
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“Helper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helper. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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helper
noun
help·er
ˈhel-pər 
: one that helps
especially
: a person who helps a more skilled person
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