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

The two have been helping each other shine since the beginning. — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

The solution works by penetrating deep into the fibers, helping to break down stains on contact, without discoloring the affected area. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Rising renewable energy investment is helping to close the gap in large economies, including Nigeria and South Africa, but tapping vast natural gas reserves can provide the foundation to accelerate the transition, analysts say. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Curtis credited that feedback with helping shape changes to the Whopper and broader restaurant upgrades. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Bears have been seen entering residential homes and roaming backyards along the Front Range, and even helping themselves to M&Ms in luxury hotels in the high country. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026

Jorge was there from the start, helping broker his son’s Barcelona trial and overseeing much of the career that followed. — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

By using institutional credit, insurance funds and private capital to underwrite GPUs and data centers, Nvidia is helping its end users secure financing without tapping their own balance sheets. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

Venus in your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources trines Pluto early on, helping money talks, emotional honesty, and private connection feel more powerful and supportive. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing helping

• helping hand