Nearby Words
helped
| Main Entry: |
helped
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aided |
| Synonyms: | abetted, accompanied, advised, assisted, backed, befriended, bolstered, encouraged, maintained, nursed, relieved, subsidized, supported, sustained, taken care of |
| Antonyms: | harmed, hindered, impeded |
| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ameliorate, amend, attend, better, cure, doctor, ease, facilitate, heal, meliorate, mitigate, nourish, palliate, relieve, remedy, restore, revive, treat |
| Antonyms: | decrease, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, worsen |
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| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
adjutorious, adjuvant, ancillary, at one's beck, auxiliary, cataskeuastic, coadjuvant, favorable, friendly, helpful, ministrant, neighborly, obliging, propitious, subservient, subsidiary, succursal, well
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| Main Entry: | backed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supported |
| Synonyms: | advocated, aided, approved, assisted, bankrolled, bolstered, boosted, championed, encouraged, endorsed, favored, financed, fostered, furthered, helped, promoted, propped, seconded, sponsored, underwritten, upheld |
| Antonyms: | discouraged, opposed |
| Main Entry: | mended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restored |
| Synonyms: | abated, altered, ameliorated, bettered, changed, corrected, cured, doctored, enhanced, fixed, helped, improved, lessened, patched up, rebuilt, rectified, refreshed, refurbished, regenerated, regulated, rejuvenated, relieved, remedied, remodeled, renewed, renovated, reorganized, repaired, revived |
| Main Entry: | praised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | admired |
| Synonyms: | aided, blessed, celebrated, exalted, extolled, flattered, glorified, helped, lauded, worshipped |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
| Synonyms: | afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
| Antonyms: | bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | ameliorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make, become better |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | worsen |
| Main Entry: | amend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, correct |
| Synonyms: | alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, fix, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay one's dues, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square* |
| Notes: | when you amend a text, you change it - usually for the better and when you emend a text, you simply correct the mistakes; whereas one can amend various aspects of conduct or behavior, emend is used if the issue at hand is that of a manuscript, speech, or literary product |
| Antonyms: | blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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