"helper" | Definition and Related Words

helper

Noun

is a type of: worker - a person who works at a specific occupation
subtypes:
- coadjutor - an assistant to a bishop
- accomplice, confederate - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- 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
- dental assistant - an assistant to a dentist
- deputy, lieutenant - an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
- actor's assistant, dresser - 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
- enforcer, hatchet man - one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
- cat's-paw, instrument, pawn - a person used by another to gain an end
- birthing coach, doula, labor coach, 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
- underboss - an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
- fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, 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
- chief assistant, man friday, right-hand man - the most helpful assistant
- secretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
- sidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
- foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
- water boy, waterer - an assistant who supplies drinking water
- whipper-in - huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
same as: assistant, help, supporter
is a type of: good person - a person who is good to other people
subtypes:
- benefactress - a woman benefactor
- bondsman, bondswoman - someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
- bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, presenter - 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
- do-gooder, humanitarian, improver - someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
- liberator - someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
- accommodator, obliger - 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
- deliverer, rescuer, savior, saviour - a person who rescues you from harm or danger
- sparer - someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
- uncle - a source of help and advice and encouragement
same as: benefactor

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