English > helper: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. |
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| Synonyms | assistant, help, supporter |
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| Narrower | accomplice, confederate | A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
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| aide, auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
| attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| bat boy | (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment |
| coadjutor | An assistant to a bishop |
| dental assistant | An assistant to a dentist |
| deputy, lieutenant | An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent |
| dresser, actor's assistant | A wardrobe assistant for an actor |
| event planner | someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) |
| facilitator | someone who makes progress easier |
| flower girl | A young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession |
| girl Friday | A female assistant who has a range of duties |
| hatchet man, enforcer | One whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior |
| instrument, pawn, cat's-paw | A person used by another to gain an end |
| labor coach, birthing coach, doula, monitrice | An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes |
| mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model | A woman who wears clothes to display fashions |
| model, poser | A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor |
| paraprofessional | A trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional |
| powder monkey | someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) |
| prompter, theater prompter | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech |
| right-hand man, chief assistant, man Friday | The most helpful assistant |
| secretary, secretarial assistant | An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization |
| sidesman | (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden |
| subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier | An assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
| underboss | An assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) |
| water boy, waterer | An assistant who supplies drinking water |
| whipper-in | huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds |
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
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| Spanish | asistente, auxiliar, ayudante |
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| Catalan | ajudant, assistente, assistent, auxiliar, dependent |
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| Verbs | help | give help or assistance |
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| help | contribute to the furtherance of |
English > helper: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help). |
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| Synonym | benefactor |
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| Narrower | benefactress | A woman benefactor |
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| bondsman, bondswoman | someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else |
| donor, giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer | person who makes a gift of property |
| donor | (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host) |
| fairy godmother | A generous benefactor |
| good Samaritan | A person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble |
| humanitarian, do-gooder, improver | someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms |
| liberator | someone who releases people from captivity / captivity or bondage |
| obliger, accommodator | someone who performs a service or does a favor |
| offerer, offeror | someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection |
| patron, sponsor, supporter | someone who supports or champions something |
| provider | someone who provides the means for subsistence |
| savior, saviour, rescuer, deliverer | A person who rescues you from harm or danger / danger |
| sparer | someone who refrains from injuring or destroying |
| uncle | A source of help and advice and encouragement |
| Broader | good person | A person who is good to other people |
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| Spanish | ayudador, ayudante, benefactor, bienhechor |
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| Catalan | ajudador, ajudant, benefactor, benfactor |
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| Verbs | help | give help or assistance |
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| help | contribute to the furtherance of |
