helpmate

Meaning

  1. A person who supplies help or companionship.
  2. A wife or spouse.
  3. A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.

Synonyms

helper
C2
helpmeet
assistant
B1
help
A1
mate
A2
🧉
aid
B2
adjunct
coadjutor
associate
C1
aide
C2
auxiliary
C2
crony
curare
48k
fellow
B1
helpers
22k
helpmates
pal
B1
partner
A2
servant
B2
sidekick
C2
spouse
C2
subsidiary
30k
supporters
C2
volunteer
B2
yokefellow
abettors
abetter
abetters
acolyte
adjuvant
assistants
C2
backer
33k
backers
34k
buddy
A2
chum
C2
companion
C1
comrade
B2
consort
C2
Translations

aiutante
assistant
ayudante
collaboratore
Gehilfe
yardımcı

βοηθός

Helfer
compagno
helper
aide

συμπαραστάτης

σύντροφος

Assi
Etymology

A folk-etymological alteration of helpmeet, by reanalysis as help + mate.

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