/hɛˈlpɚz/ - [helperz] -
We found 3 definitions of helpers from 2 different sources.
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helper - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" | ||
assistant, help, supporter | ||
worker sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae | ||
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) | ||
auxiliary, aide someone who acts as assistant | ||
attendant, attender, tender a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" | ||
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 cabinet with shelves | ||
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, pawn, instrument a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked | ||
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, mannequin, manakin, manikin, mannikin, model a life-size dummy used to display clothes | ||
poser, model a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem | ||
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) | ||
theater prompter, prompter a device that displays words for people to read | ||
chief assistant, man friday, right-hand man the most helpful assistant | ||
secretarial assistant, secretary a desk used for writing | ||
sidesman (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church | ||
underling, foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | ||
water boy, waterer an assistant who supplies drinking water | ||
helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) | ||
benefactor | ||
good person a person who is good to other people | ||
benefactress a woman benefactor | ||
bondsman, bondswoman someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else | ||
bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, presenter someone who converses or confers (as in a conference) | ||
donor person who makes a gift of property | ||
fairy godmother a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine | ||
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 | ||
sponsor, patron, supporter a regular customer | ||
provider someone who provides the means for subsistence | ||
rescuer, savior, saviour, deliverer someone who saves something from danger or violence | ||
sparer someone who refrains from injuring or destroying |