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helping - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | helping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of food |
| Synonyms: | allowance, course, dollop, meal, order, piece, ration, serving, share, plateful |
| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aid, assist |
| Synonyms: | abet, accommodate, advocate, back, ballyhoo*, be of use, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, buck up*, cheer, cooperate, do a favor, do a service, do one's part, encourage, endorse, further, go to bat for*, go with, hype*, intercede, lend a hand, maintain, open doors, patronize, plug*, promote, prop, puff*, push, relieve, root for, sanction, save, second, see through, serve, stand by, stick up for, stimulate, stump for, succor, support, sustain, take under one's wing, uphold, work for |
| Antonyms: | block, check, counteract, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, obstruct, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | advisory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, authorized to recommend |
| Synonyms: | helping, advising, avuncular, consultative, consultive, counseling, recommending |
| Main Entry: | instrumental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential, assisting |
| Synonyms: | active, auxiliary, conducive, helpful, helping, involved, serviceable, subsidiary, useful, contributory, of help, of service, partly responsible |
| Antonyms: | useless, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | ration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allotment of limited supply |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, assignment, bit, consignment, cut, distribution, division, dole, drag, food, helping, measure, part, portion, provender, provision, quantum, quota, share, store, supply, meed, piece of action |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, dose, drag*, due, end, fraction, fragment, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, parcel, part, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack*, divvy, fifty-fifty*, halver, meed, partage, points, quotum, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece; share |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop, cut, helping, lot, part, portion, quota, segment, sliver, wedge, piece of pie, thin piece, triangle |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | cooperating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assisting |
| Synonyms: | agreeing, cooperative, helping, collaborating |
| Main Entry: | mending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restoring |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, alteration, curing, fixing, helping, refreshing, remodeling, renovation, repair, restoration, ameliorating, bettering, correcting, enhancing, freshening, patching up, rebuilding, rectifying, relieving, remedying, renewing, renovating, repairing, reviving, tinkering |
| Main Entry: | rasher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slice |
| Synonyms: | cut, helping, part, piece, portion |
| Notes: | a slice of bacon is a rasher (not several), a cube of bacon is a lardon or lardoon, and a side of bacon is a flitch |
| Main Entry: | supporting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upholding |
| Synonyms: | encouraging, helping, aiding, approving, promoting, shielding |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, member, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit, meed, module |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dish or meal served |
| Synonyms: | bowl, casserole, course, helping, platter, portion, service, serving, trencher |
| Main Entry: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, cut, ration |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lion's share, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, part, piece, piece of action, plum, quantity, quantum, quota, scrap, section, segment, serving, shot*, slug*, smithereen, taste |
| Antonyms: | all, entirety, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main part of meal |
| Synonyms: | course, eats*, entrée, fare, food, helping, recipe, serving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
| Antonyms: | blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befriend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make social acquaintance; support |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, assist, back, benefit, buddy up, case out, come on to, cotton to, encourage, favor, get chummy with, get in with, help, hit it off*, patronize, side with, stand by, sustain, take under one's wing, take up with, uphold, welcome |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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