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
From storage helpers to laundry and cleaning aids, try one of these clever uses for old pillowcases.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Skip over the dish pileup with a groovy playlist and designate some helpers to wash and dry before dinner is even served.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The dynamic confined many elite Sherpas to working as porters, kitchen boys and high-altitude helpers.
—Bhadra Sharma, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
Tesla could still make robots work in its factories, but humanoid robots may be better suited as house helpers and companions.
—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
Church attack brings for army of helpers A Grand Blanc Township resident opened his home to people fleeing the church attack.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Without enough of these helpers, that energy-producing system doesn’t run as smoothly.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Skip over the dish pileup with a groovy playlist and designate some helpers to wash and dry before dinner is even served.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The dynamic confined many elite Sherpas to working as porters, kitchen boys and high-altitude helpers.
—Bhadra Sharma, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
Tesla could still make robots work in its factories, but humanoid robots may be better suited as house helpers and companions.
—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
Church attack brings for army of helpers A Grand Blanc Township resident opened his home to people fleeing the church attack.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Without enough of these helpers, that energy-producing system doesn’t run as smoothly.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpers
Noun
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Nursing assistants, some paid just $11 an hour, were offered a few extra dollars an hour to work upstairs, potentially putting their lives and their families at risk.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The proposal may also open the door for similar laws in other high-risk areas, such as mental health bots and educational assistants.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His top aides are leaking that Cuba may be next on the regime change list.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
9 Jan. 2026
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Trump aides for months have hinted the administration would seek other executive levers to implement the president’s tariff plan.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And many of those apprentices — in skilled trades, electricians, laborers, carpenters — are already at work strengthening and building the physical foundations of our state.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The apprentices shopped for and wrapped hundreds of presents for the students.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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My two younger siblings also have my same type of hearing loss and have worn hearing aids since their 40s at least.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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My two younger siblings have my same type of hearing loss and have worn hearing aids since their 40s, if not earlier.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The video depicts deputies struggling to enter before getting inside and arresting demonstrators, who had been broadcasting demands that Stanford place divestment proposals on an upcoming Board of Trustees agenda.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Ventura County Sheriff's office said deputies found 67 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl, cocaine, promethazine, hundreds of oxycodone pills, six rifles and three handguns inside Baz's home in Van Nuys.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Helpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpers. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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