Synonyms of helps

helps

verb

present tense third-person singular of help

1

as in aids

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

• aids
• assists
• supports
• reinforces
• encourages
• facilitates
• saves
• promotes
• abets
• bolsters
• backs
• guides
• bears a hand
• serves
• backstops
• endorses
• furthers
• stands one in good stead
• fosters
• sponsors
• eases
• benefits
• advises
• comforts
• rescues
• sustains
• attends
• patronizes
• launches
• forwards
• champions
• boosts
• props (up)
• nurtures
• obliges
• advances
• indorses
• mentors
• emboldens
• counsels
• profits
• heartens
• buttresses
• succors
• favors
• ministers (to)
• reenforces
• delivers
• bails out
• cares (for)

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• hinders
• impedes
• interferes
• inhibits
• hampers
• obstructs
• restrains
• fails
• constrains
• blocks
• frustrates
• opposes
• thwarts
• baffles
• holds back
• balks
• discourages
• strangles
• sabotages
• bars
• handicaps
• disappoints
• lets down
• foils
• hurts
• inconveniences
• stifles
• deserts
• retards
• represses
• harms
• disheartens
• injures
• damages
• stunts
• straitens

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• hinders
• impedes
• interferes
• inhibits
• hampers
• obstructs
• restrains
• fails
• constrains
• blocks
• frustrates
• opposes
• thwarts
• baffles
• holds back
• balks
• discourages
• strangles
• sabotages
• bars
• handicaps
• disappoints
• lets down
• foils
• hurts
• inconveniences
• stifles
• deserts
• retards
• represses
• harms
• disheartens
• injures
• damages
• stunts
• straitens

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2

as in alleviates

to make more bearable or less severe

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alleviates
• soothes
• eases
• mitigates
• softens
• improves
• relieves
• enhances
• allays
• heals
• cures
• assuages
• mollifies
• lightens
• remedies
• tempers
• palliates
• corrects
• moderates
• enriches
• abates
• refines
• repairs
• amends
• fixes
• rectifies
• perfects
• ameliorates
• betters
• reforms
• mends
• emends
• meliorates

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• hurts
• aggravates
• exacerbates
• impairs
• harms
• intensifies
• injures
• heightens
• sharpens

• hurts
• aggravates
• exacerbates
• impairs
• harms
• intensifies
• injures
• heightens
• sharpens

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3

as in prevents

to keep from happening by taking action in advance

they couldn't help the way things turned out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prevents
• averts
• precludes
• provides
• obviates
• avoids
• forestalls
• heads off
• hinders
• escapes
• anticipates
• deters
• saves
• impedes
• neutralizes
• thwarts
• nullifies
• frustrates
• staves off
• hampers
• shakes
• evades
• eludes
• baffles
• forbids
• negates
• balks
• retards
• prohibits
• deflects
• counteracts
• foils
• stops
• inhibits
• shuns
• counterbalances
• offsets
• blocks
• stops
• stalls
• interferes (with)
• checks
• eschews
• circumvents
• halts
• checkmates
• bars
• fends (off)
• ducks
• wards (off)
• makes up (for)
• dodges
• compensates (for)
• shirks
• arrests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assists
• aids
• facilitates
• encourages
• eases
• smoothes
• abets
• allows
• smooths
• promotes
• lets
• fosters
• furthers
• permits
• nurtures
• cultivates
• advances
• leaves
• forwards
• unclogs

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• assists
• aids
• facilitates
• encourages
• eases
• smoothes
• abets
• allows
• smooths
• promotes
• lets
• fosters
• furthers
• permits
• nurtures
• cultivates
• advances
• leaves
• forwards
• unclogs

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4

as in benefits

to provide with something useful or desirable

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• benefits
• avails
• aids
• advantages
• assists
• profits
• serves
• improves
• succeeds
• pleases
• blesses
• satisfies
• betters
• works (for)
• gratifies
• delights
• contents
• gladdens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hinders
• impedes
• hurts
• impairs
• harms
• damages
• injures
• afflicts
• upsets
• distresses

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• hinders
• impedes
• hurts
• impairs
• harms
• damages
• injures
• afflicts
• upsets
• distresses

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5

as in improves

to make better

some minor revisions would help this essay immensely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improves
• enhances
• enriches
• refines
• amends
• perfects
• remedies
• ameliorates
• betters
• remediates
• upgrades
• reinforces
• meliorates
• strengthens
• intensifies
• corrects
• rectifies
• rehabilitates
• boosts
• reforms
• revises
• fortifies
• emends
• hones
• reworks
• refurbishes
• edits
• fine-tunes
• fines
• rehabs
• revamps
• redrafts
• reenforces
• polishes
• retouches
• touches up
• beefs (up)

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• worsens
• hurts
• impairs
• harms
• reduces
• vitiates
• injures
• tarnishes
• damages
• spoils
• diminishes
• lessens
• flaws
• disfigures
• lowers
• blights
• mars
• endamages
• defaces
• blemishes

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• worsens
• hurts
• impairs
• harms
• reduces
• vitiates
• injures
• tarnishes
• damages
• spoils
• diminishes
• lessens
• flaws
• disfigures
• lowers
• blights
• mars
• endamages
• defaces
• blemishes

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