helpmates

noun

plural of helpmate
1
as in assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person after several years as a photographer's helpmate, the young man decided to pursue his own ambitions in commercial photography

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2
as in wives
a female partner in a marriage the man and his helpmate of 50 years decided that it was high time they took a trip around the world together

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpmates
  1. assistants
  2. wives
  3. aides
  4. apprentices
  5. aids
  6. deputies
  7. sidekicks
Noun
  • Pullen has hired former Westminster assistants Neema Salimi (offensive coordinator), Byron Curtis (linebackers coach), Bill McGahan (director of scouting) and Joe Sturniolo (special teams coach).
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The postsecondary programs include curriculums for HVAC certification, massage therapy, nursing assistants, phlebotomy, solar energy technician and semiconductor cleanroom operator, among other concentrations.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • McBride’s girlfriend, Ana Zortea, caught up with PEOPLE on WAG World shortly after the NBA Finals and also shared a glimpse inside the Knicks wives and girlfriends group chat.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sons would die and mothers, wives, daughters would mourn, the way of the world since old men’s egos started wars that young men fought.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of wives
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
  • City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.
    — Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There are currently 17 apprentices at the Winter Park facility.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 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
Noun
  • The critical brain is still zonked, and along with it, its pesky sidekicks, self-doubt and anxiety.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Wacky animal sidekicks once felt vibrant in a holistic world of artifice; here, a goggle-eyed rooster just looks diseased.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of sidekicks
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