v. 1 aid, assist, lend a hand, support, serve; succour Let me help you carry that package, Mrs Smith His charitable efforts have long helped the poor. 2 relieve, alleviate, mitigate, improve, facilitate, ease, better, remedy, cure Complaining about it won't help the situation 3 stop, refrain from, avoid, eschew, resist, keep from, forbear, escape I know it was a secret but I couldn't help telling Sam 4 assist, serve, advise, inform May I help you, sir? 5 help oneself appropriate, take, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate; steal, purloin, usurp, plagiarize, pirate, Colloq pinch, lift, Brit nick, US boost She helped herself to some money from the till
n. 6 aid, support, succour, assistance I need help in solving this problem 7 employee(s), worker(s), staff, helper(s), hand(s), assistant(s), labourer(s), domestic(s), servant(s), Brit daily (help) We have to hire more help to finish on time 8 supporter, aide, assistant, helper You have been a great help to me 9 relief, remedy, cure, balm This ointment has been a great help in stopping the itching