Synonyms of helping

helping 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in aiding

Related Words

• aiding
• relieving
• computerized
• easing
• motorized
• nonmanual
• time-saving
• mechanical
• automated
• automatic
• robotic
• semiautomatic
• laborsaving
• self-regulating
• self-operating
• self-acting

Dissimilar Words

• nonautomatic
• nonautomated

2

as in assisting

Related Words

• assisting
• supportive
• assistant
• complementary
• contributory
• tributary
• further
• subordinate
• additional
• subsidiary
• added
• adjuvant
• secondary
• another
• excess
• surplus
• superfluous
• makeshift
• nonessential
• backup
• auxiliary
• subservient
• accessory
• peripheral
• dispensable
• substitute
• unessential
• appurtenant
• supplementary
• supplemental
• accessorial

Dissimilar Words

• main
• principal
• chief
• basic
• necessary
• fundamental
• primary
• prime
• essential
• vital
• integral
• required
• imperative
• needed
• requisite
• indispensable
• needful
• all-important

helping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of help

1

as in supporting

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end

offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assisting
• aiding
• supporting
• reinforcing
• abetting
• saving
• promoting
• facilitating
• encouraging
• backing
• guiding
• bolstering
• propping (up)
• backstopping
• endorsing
• sponsoring
• furthering
• serving
• fostering
• comforting
• rescuing
• bearing a hand
• attending
• benefiting
• launching
• forwarding
• championing
• standing one in good stead
• sustaining
• advancing
• advising
• patronizing
• easing
• mentoring
• boosting
• ministering (to)
• nurturing
• buttressing
• succoring
• profiting
• caring (for)
• counseling
• obliging
• delivering
• bailing out
• emboldening
• favoring
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hindering
• blocking
• impeding
• hampering
• restraining
• interfering
• inhibiting
• opposing
• obstructing
• failing
• constraining
• thwarting
• holding back
• barring
• handicapping
• strangling
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• disappointing
• balking
• discouraging
• baffling
• deserting
• letting down
• inconveniencing
• retarding
• hurting
• foiling
• harming
• disheartening
• repressing
• damaging
• stifling
• stunting
• injuring
• straitening

2

as in alleviating

to make more bearable or less severe

the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alleviating
• relieving
• soothing
• easing
• mitigating
• softening
• improving
• healing
• allaying
• curing
• enhancing
• mollifying
• assuaging
• remedying
• palliating
• moderating
• fixing
• tempering
• correcting
• repairing
• lightening
• rectifying
• reforming
• amending
• refining
• enriching
• bettering
• perfecting
• ameliorating
• abating
• mending
• meliorating
• emending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurting
• aggravating
• impairing
• injuring
• harming
• exacerbating
• intensifying
• sharpening
• heightening

3

as in preventing

to keep from happening by taking action in advance

they couldn't help the way things turned out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preventing
• averting
• avoiding
• precluding
• providing
• forestalling
• obviating
• escaping
• anticipating
• heading off
• saving
• hindering
• deterring
• thwarting
• staving off
• impeding
• hampering
• neutralizing
• evading
• shaking
• nullifying
• retarding
• stopping
• prohibiting
• deflecting
• forbidding
• interfering (with)
• blocking
• negating
• frustrating
• eluding
• counteracting
• stalling
• offsetting
• inhibiting
• checking
• shunning
• baffling
• foiling
• eschewing
• circumventing
• warding (off)
• fending (off)
• counterbalancing
• balking
• halting
• dodging
• making up (for)
• compensating (for)
• checkmating
• arresting
• barring
• ducking
• shirking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• aiding
• facilitating
• abetting
• promoting
• encouraging
• smoothing
• easing
• advancing
• furthering
• fostering
• leaving
• cultivating
• allowing
• letting
• permitting
• nurturing
• forwarding
• unclogging

4

as in benefiting

to provide with something useful or desirable

being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• benefiting
• profiting
• availing
• assisting
• aiding
• serving
• improving
• advantaging
• working (for)
• succeeding
• bettering
• pleasing
• satisfying
• gratifying
• delighting
• blessing
• contenting
• gladdening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hindering
• impeding
• hurting
• damaging
• injuring
• impairing
• harming
• distressing
• upsetting
• afflicting

5

as in improving

to make better

some minor revisions would help this essay immensely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improving
• enhancing
• refining
• enriching
• bettering
• upgrading
• perfecting
• remedying
• ameliorating
• amending
• remediating
• reinforcing
• meliorating
• correcting
• strengthening
• rectifying
• rehabilitating
• reforming
• intensifying
• revising
• boosting
• refurbishing
• editing
• reworking
• revamping
• fortifying
• fine-tuning
• polishing
• fining
• honing
• rehabbing
• emending
• redrafting
• beefing (up)
• retouching
• touching up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• hurting
• harming
• impairing
• damaging
• spoiling
• injuring
• tarnishing
• reducing
• vitiating
• blighting
• diminishing
• disfiguring
• marring
• defacing
• lowering
• lessening
• endamaging
• flawing
• blemishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of helping

Adjective

And right now, the Eric Dane story isn’t much helping. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Apr. 2026

Verb

Officials were helping more than 50 people in temporary shelters, del Pilar said. — Jaimie Ding, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

El Niño and warming ocean waters are helping fuel the activity, while an exceptionally strong El Niño could bring more coastal erosion, flooding and damage this winter — especially during high tides. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Yakuza gangs also burnished their reputation by helping ordinary citizens with problems that the authorities couldn’t or didn’t wish to handle. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Guests are welcome to contribute to the fun by helping forage for ingredients. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Cho Eun-hee | South Korea Chef and culinary educator Cho Eun-hee is helping to transform Korean food from a pop-culture fad to global fine dining. — Ashleigh Nghiem, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Employers focused on improving participation, lowering fees, expanding investment choices and helping employees make better decisions. — Jeff Stevenson, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

In a perfect world, women are helping each other and lifting each other up. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Precise measurements and professional installation are important for creating a proper seal around each window and helping protect the home from outdoor conditions. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing helping

• helping hand