helpers

noun

plural of helper
as in assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper

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Recent Examples of helpers Otherwise, he’s restricted to impersonal helpers — a detective (Liza Colón-Zayas) willing to take his phone calls, an AI assistant (ew) and a network of facial recognition cameras (double ew). — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Perhaps more shocking than their effectiveness is the price tag for these helpers, which runs at just 92 cents apiece. — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 July 2026 Far less is known about the impacts on the helpers themselves. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 Northrop Grumman designed its new robotic helpers to be even more resourceful. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 22 July 2026 These are software built for personal conversation, emotional connection, the feeling of being heard, an entirely different animal from the homework helpers. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Researchers envision these floating robots serving as emotional companions, ambient assistants and household helpers, opening a new frontier for everyday human-robot interaction. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026 Some say helpers can influence the process – others even suggest that his mother wrote the book. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 2 July 2026 Winner of the final stage over Montmartre in last year’s edition, one of Vingegaard’s key helpers, and fresh off the back of his dream win at Paris-Roubaix, his presence usually guarantees a spectacle, so he will be missed. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpers
  1. assistants
  2. aides
  3. apprentices
  4. aids
  5. deputies
Noun
  • Should Microsoft be successful in implementing its strategy, that distinction, in that paradigm will prove more important than benchmark comparisons between competing coding assistants.
    — Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Durde has gotten praise from players and his coaching colleagues for his expertise in head coach Mike Macdonald’s system, his collaborative attitude and his teaching and communication skills with players and other assistants.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Burnham plans to work there at least one day a week, alongside a full-time staff of aides, experts and civil servants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • To say that this was an eventful day for congressional aides and senate staff would be an understatement.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • There, King Charles works with head gardener Gráinne Ring and her team of 15, including apprentices, to cultivate the 15 acres of blooms, hedges, trees and more.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
  • According to accounts by Wright’s apprentices, after procrastinating on drawing any plans for nine months, Wright designed the house in two hours in September 1935 while the Kaufmanns were driving to his office to review them.
    — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • These invisible aids help prevent wheelspin and a driver’s loss of control.
    — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
  • Charged has offered a fair bit of electronic aids on board, starting with ABS, traction control, hill hold (hill start assist), and hill descent assist.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 July 2026
Definition of aids
Noun
  • Moments later, the witness saw smoke coming from the area and notified sheriff’s deputies.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Please keep her family, her fellow deputies, and the entire Lexington County community in your prayers.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputies

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