Help

Definition: Help

Help

Noun

1. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose: "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading".

2. A resource: "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas".

3. A means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it".

4. 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".

Verb

1. Give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?" "She never helps around the house".

2. Be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents".

3. Improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient".

4. Always used with a negative: "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle".

5. Contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries".

6. Improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture".

7. Help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself".

8. Take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "help" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Help \Help\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Helped(Obsolete imperative Holp, past participle Holpen; present participle verb or noun Helping.]. (references)

Computing

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

HELP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Help

Aid

Verb: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid; n. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid; Noun: give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow;help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to.

Noun: aid, aidance; assistance, help, opitulation, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy; (cooperation).

Auxiliary

Noun: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante, coaid; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator; coadjutor, coadjutrix; collaborator.

Giving

Furnish, supply, help; administer to; afford, spare; accommodate with, indulge with, favor with; shower down upon; lavish, pour on, thrust upon.

Alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish; fee; (recompense); consideration.

Remedy

Noun: remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament; diagnosis, medical examination; medical treatment; surgery; preventive medicine.

Servant

Noun: subject, liegeman; servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache; official.

Utility

Noun: utility; usefulness; Adjective: efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help; (aid); applicability; Adjective: subservience; (instrumentality); function; (business); value; worth; (goodness); money's worth; productiveness; cui bono; (intention); utilization; (use) step in the right direction.

Act a part; (action); perform a function, discharge a function; render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service; bestead, stand one in good stead be the making of; help.

Crosswords: Help

Afrikaan (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, help), Welsh (aid, assistance, help).

Will you help an old lady to her car (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I can help you. (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

Can you help a fellow American down on his luck (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

Just knowing that a version like that exists, knowing that just for a minute she felt that and wrote I can't help loving you. That has to be worth something (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

A town that won't defend itself deserves no help. (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

Cry for help. (Cry For Help; performing artist: Rick Astley)

If I can't help falling in love with you. ((I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You; performing artist: UB40)

A compromise would surely help the situation (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC)

OOOH BABY I CAN'T HELP TO THINK (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

How can you help it, when the music starts to play (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville)

Illiterate? Write For Help. (references; author: unknown)

The gap between advice and help is very wide. (references; author: unknown)

Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply. (references; author: unknown)

You can't help the poor man by destroying the rich. (references; author: unknown)

I'd like to help you out. Which way did you come in? (references; author: unknown)

De dokter verzuipt! Help (1974)

Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch (1971)

God Help the Man Who Would Part with His Land (1971)

Ice Cream for Help (1971)

Female Help Wanted (1968)

Help Me Rhonda (performing artist: The Beach Boys)

Please Help Me, I'm Falling (performing artist: Hank Locklin)

Help Me (performing artist: Joni Mitchell)

Help Me (performing artist: Nick Carter)

Cry For Help (performing artist: Rick Astley)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Help at Home, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Mayo Clinic on Healthy Weight: Answers to Help You Achieve and Maintain the Weight Thats Right for You (reference)

• Oh, Grow Up!: Poems to Help You Survive Parents, Chores, School, and Other Afflictions (reference)

• A Housekeeper Is Cheaper Than a Divorce: Why You Can Afford to Hire Help and How to Get It (reference)

• Rescue Rover! 101 Ways You Can Help Abandoned Dogs (reference)

• 12 Effective Ways to Help Your Add/Adhd Child: Drug-Free Alternatives for Attention-Deficit Disorders (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Help Bulletins (reference)

• Heres Help (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Help!! (Lat sau wui cheun) (reference)

• The Beatles - Help! (reference)

• Can't Help Singing (reference)

• Police Squad Help Wanted (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Help! [UK] (reference)

• Live with a Little Help from Our Friends [LIVE] [BOX SET] (reference)

• Present Help (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This illustration with and without text, titled "How Cancer Spreads" explains the process of metastasis. Once metastatic cells are attached to the basement membrane (a physical barrier that seperates tissue components), they break through with the help of an enzyme called type IV collagenase. Cancer cells then move through the blood stream enabling them to spread to other parts of the body. A secondary tumor may form at another site in the body. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Jane Hurd (artist).

When a t-cell encounters a foreign antigen, the resting t-cell becomes activated. Activated t-cells both secrete il-2 and express il-2 receptors. Il-2 promotes the growth of normal t-cells, which help defend the body against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Treating pets with insecticidal dust to kill fleas that could come into contact with humans can help control the spread of plague bacteria. Credit: CDC.

Immunofluorescence is a staining technique used to detect and help diagnose the H. influenzae bacterium. Credit: CDC.

NASA Satellite Data Used Operationally to Help Combat Fires in the West. Credit: NASA.

Astronomers are using these three Hubble telescope images of nearby galaxies to help tackle ... Credit: NASA.

An international team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to help make a precise ... Credit: NASA.

Building a signal with the help of Tagabuanas tribesmen. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Aerial view of Turnagain Arms, Alaska after 1963 Good Friday Earthquake NOAA photo aircraft often help evaluate disaster damage. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Cartoon-type characters help attract customers. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

All those, moveover, in the land who of themselves and of their own accord are unwilling to swear to the twenty five to help them in constraining and molesting us, we shall by our command compel the same to swear to the effect foresaid. (reference)

What then, can there no case happen wherein the people may of right, and by their own authority, help themselves, take arms, and set upon their king, imperiously domineering over them? None at all, whilst he remains a king. (Second Treatise of Government)

In all these battles it sees itself compelled to appeal to the proletariat, to ask for its help, and thus, to drag it into the political arena. (reference)

The Clearing Offices will communicate to one another any evidence and information which might help the discovery and punishment of such collusion. (reference)

We cannot afford, if we can help it, to work on narrow margins, offering temptations to a trial of strength. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Invite him to dinner, Emma, and help him to the best of the fish and the chicken, but leave him to chuse his own wife

The good woman looked a little puzzled, and turned to Sylvie for help.

His tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should help him to it most

We would love to stay and help, shouted Ford, picking his way over the mangled debris, "only we're not going to."

She could no longer borrow from the future to help her through the present grief

An unlucky effort, inexpert help, a false push, might crush him.

It will help us to digest

RATCLIFF, about the mid of night come to my tent And help to arm me.

His expression asked for help.

Whereupon I again thrust up my stick and handkerchief, calling for help till I was almost hoarse

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It can also help mask the sound. (references)

Pads or diapers help many people. (references)

Clonazepam may help the myoclonus. (references)

Business

This would help China meet local market demand for these products. (references)

Home help is funded through an age-adjusted budget from the Health Ministry. (references)

These factors help promote growth in the commercial cooking equipment market. (references)

Children

France

Various associations also help minors seek justice in cases of mistreatment by parents. (references)

Belize

The NOPCA instituted a nationwide telephone help line to encourage discourse and reduce abuse. (references)

Indonesia

NGO's have criticized the Government's inadequate efforts to help street children and working children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Latvia

Special immigration police and border guard units help prescreen asylum requests. (references)

Singapore

Both SBA and MITA develop censorship standards with the help of a citizen advisory panel. (references)

Malawi

There is a rural community radio station run by local women with the help of the Malawi Media Women's Association. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

The Equal Opportunities Commission continued to maintain that the elderly were discriminated against in the allocation of public housing, but noted that it was powerless to help, because there was no legislation prohibiting age discrimination. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

Privatization could help Bahrain's economy. (references)

Singapore

Foreign workers help make up this shortfall. (references)

Human Rights

Germany

Police allegedly slapped two older children who tried to help. (references)

Ghana

The district assembly agreed to help resettle those whose houses were burnt. (references)

Vietnam

However, while lay assessors help decide cases, they have little legal training. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

NGO's help to create maps that can then be used in court to protect NCR land from logging, development, and palm oil cultivation. (references)

Guatemala

The measure, intended to help protect the Garifuna culture, largely was unnoticed, even by officials from the coastal area of Izabal where the Garifuna populations are located. (references)

Ecuador

In the Amazon area, indigenous groups have lobbied the Government, enlisted the help of foreign and domestic NGO's, and mounted protests (including kidnaping oil workers and tourists), in their attempts to win a share of oil revenues and a voice in exploitation and development decisions. (references)

Minorities

Poland

In February the Government began a pilot project to help the Roma community in the Province of Malopolska. (references)

Brazil

At least three nongovernmental projects help Afro-Brazilians pass university entrance exams in Rio de Janeiro. (references)

Georgia

Initially police did not respond to requests for help; however, they came to the scene once the Basilists had left. (references)

Political Economy

NICARAGUA

In 2000, the government opened new property tribunals to help address this issue. (references)

UKRAINE

These licensing requirements would help alleviate the severe CD piracy problem in Ukraine. (references)

Bolivia

Regular high-level visits help maintain strong ties between the leaders of both governments. (references)

Political Rights

Congo

The Sassou-Nguesso Government came to power by force of arms in 1997 with the help of the armed forces of Angola. (references)

Peru

In November 2000, President Paniagua issued a directive to state institutions, government officials, and the armed forces telling them to help foster neutrality by refraining from political involvement. (references)

Mexico

The IFE had implemented extensive constitutional and legislative reforms in 1996 to help prevent electoral fraud and to create more uniform conditions for political party participation by regulating campaign finance, advertising, and other areas. (references)

Trade

Chile

This is to help the government gather trade data. (references)

Luxembourg

Every effort is made to help the enterprises concerned. (references)

Philippines

The standards also help consumers evaluate product quality. (references)

Travel

Egypt

A good Egyptian agent will help you a great deal in directing you to success. (references)

Colombia

Where appropriate, small samples help make preliminary meetings more effective. (references)

Guyana

Travelers requiring more than cursory medical care should seek help outside of Guyana. (references)

Women

Tunisia

Battered women first seek help from family members. (references)

Egypt

Among those who have been beaten, less than half have ever sought help. (references)

Mexico

The victim seeks help in only one of every six homes suffering from domestic abuse. (references)

Worker Rights

Iran

The guilds issue vocational licenses and help members find jobs. (references)

Portugal

PEETI gives "scholarships" to help offset the loss of income to the family. (references)

Argentina

Three-quarters of those surveyed said that they were working to help their families. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Help

Father of help

Help of God

Help of God

Help

The stone of help

Help

Help of God

Help

The lamb of God: God that gives help

Help

A help

Help

My help

Island of help

Island of help

Help of God

Exaltation of help

Help

Help

Expressions using "help": a bit of a help ♦ an application for help ♦ appeal for help ♦ ask for help ♦ bawl for help ♦ be of help ♦ be of help to ♦ be unable to help ♦ be willing to help smb. ♦ bespeak smb.'s help ♦ beyond help ♦ bring help ♦ button help ♦ call for help ♦ can i help you? ♦ can you help me? ♦ come to help ♦ cry for help ♦ daily help ♦ domestic help ♦ enlist help ♦ extra help ♦ financial help ♦ go to smb.'s help ♦ god help him! ♦ he is urgently in need of help ♦ he turned to me for help ♦ help a lame dog over a stile ♦ help along ♦ help at a dead lift ♦ help down ♦ help each other ♦ help file ♦ help forward ♦ help in ♦ help into ♦ help on ♦ help oneself ♦ help oneself to ♦ help oneself to smth. ♦ help out ♦ help screen ♦ help smb. ♦ help smb. do smth. ♦ help smb. down ♦ help smb. down from ♦ help smb. in his necessities ♦ help smb. out ♦ help smb. out with the money ♦ help smb. over the street ♦ help smb. to escape ♦ help smb. to smth. ♦ help smb. up ♦ help text files ♦ help to ♦ help to get over ♦ help up ♦ help wanted ♦ help yourself ♦ help yourself! ♦ hired help ♦ home help ♦ i cannot help it ♦ i cannot help saying that ♦ i can't help it ♦ i can't help saying that ♦ i trust you will help us ♦ i will help you ♦ i will help you to the utmost of my power ♦ if i can help ♦ kitchen help ♦ lady help ♦ lend help to ♦ let me know if i can help ♦ mother's help ♦ mutual help ♦ need help ♦ not to be able to help laughing ♦ please help yourself! ♦ ready for help ♦ ready to help ♦ request for help ♦ resort to smb. for help ♦ send for help ♦ shout for help ♦ shriek out a cry for help ♦ so help me God ♦ so help me god! ♦ stand in need of help ♦ thanks to your help ♦ that alone can help us ♦ to be unable to help ♦ To help forward ♦ To help off ♦ To help on ♦ To help out ♦ To help over ♦ To help to ♦ To help up ♦ trained home help ♦ unable to help. Additional references.

Beginning with "help": Help-desk, help-forms, help-line, help-lines, help-mate, Help-meet, help-seeking, help-wanted, help-yourself.

Ending with "help": home-help.

Containing "help": pringle-and-sons-how-may-i-help-you, Self-Help Devices, Self-Help Groups.

Afrikaans

help (abet, accomodate, aid, assist), hulp (aid). (various references)

Albanian

ndihmoj (administer, advance, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, bestead, chip in, contribute, facilitate, further, give a hand, help out, lend a hand, make for, meet halfway, pander, promote, relieve, subserve, succor, succour, support, take effect, tide over). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نجدة (aid, relief, salvage, sos, succor, succour, support), ‏خادمة (bedder, charwoman, girl, maid, maidservant, servant, servant maid, skivvy, slavey, wench, woman), ‏عاون, ‏عزز (abound, bear out, boost, build, carry, cement, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enhance, extend, foster, promote, ram, reinforce, sustain, underpin), ‏ساعد (aid, assist, bear smb. a hand, encourage, facilitate, forearm, lend, pitch, relieve, shoulder, support, take a hand), ‏ساعد شخص على النزول (help smb. down), ‏حصة من الطعام (serving), ‏خدمات (utilities), ‏ناصر (befriend, champion, patronize, side, stand by, stand up for, support), عون (aid, helper), ‏نقذ (deliver, liberate, rescue, retrieve, salvage, salve, save), ‏مد (add to, dilate, distend, draw out, elongate, equip with, expand, extend, extension, furnish, lengthen, lengthening, outspread, outstretch, prolong, prolongate, prolongation, protract, protraction, provide, respite, spread, stretch, supply with), ‏مصدر عون, ‏معاون (aide, assistant, helper, supporter), ‏مساعد (accessory, accomplice, advantageous, aid, ancillary, assistance, auxiliary, backing, beneficial, conducive, contributory, favorable, favourable, helpful, helpmate, propitious, serviceable, subsidiary, supplementary, support, useful), ‏مساعدة (aid, assist, assistance, benefit, contribution, good turn, grant, relief, subsidy, succor, succour, support), ‏قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, boost, brace, cogent, confirm, consolidate, enforce, fasten, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, tighten). (various references)

Asturian

ayudar (to help). (various references)

Aymara

yanapaña (to help). (various references)

Basque

lahundu (help to), laguntzagatik (for help), lagunduko (will help). (various references)

Bemba

ukwafwa (to help). (various references)

Blackfoot

sspommihtaa (to help). (various references)

Breton

skoazellañ, skoazell. (various references)

Bulgarian 

прислуга (equipage), подпомагам (advantage, aid, back, boost, facilitate, forward, further, get along, help on, help up, nurse, patronize, promote, prosper, relieve, set forward, subserve, succor, succour, support), поднасям (fix, offer, present, serve, serve up), подобрявам (ameliorate, amend, better, get better, improve, improve on, make better, meliorate, mend, perfect, polish, polish up, rehabilitate, remedy, smarten up), подкрепа (advocacy, aid, backing, championship, comfort, corroboration, maintenance, patronage, promotion, prop, support, sustentation, umbrella, yeoman service), помагам (aid, assist, befriend, benefit, bestead, comfort, give a hand, land a hand, pitch in), помагам на (assist, avail, forward, second), помощ (aid, assistance, benefit, dole, favour, leg up, lift, subvention, support), помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary), поддръжка (advocacy, backing up, maintenance, push, support, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep), послужвам (be of use, do, serve), съдействувам за, наемен работник (wage earner), облекчавам (allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, comfort, disburden, disembarrass, ease, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, palliate, redress, relieve, soothe, sweeten, unburden, unload), оказвам помощ (administer), оказвам съдействие (backstop), отмяна (assistance, helper), сипвам, спасение (redemption, refuge, rescue, rock, salvation), сервирам (bring, bring in, dish, serve, serve out, serve up, wait at table, wait on, wait upon), средство (agency, contrivance, device, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, medium, pry, recourse, remedy, resort, resource, shift, tool, weapon), порция (feed, helping, portion, serving, size, snack). (various references)

Catalan

ajudar (accomodate, aid, assist, to help), ajuda. (various references)

Cebuano

motabang (to help). (various references)

Chamorro

para ma ayuda (to help). (various references)

Chinese 

補益 (benefit), 援助 (aid, assistance, support), 幫忙 (do a favor, do a good turn, givea hand), 宥 (forgive, profound), 壁助 (assistant), 帮助 (Facilitation, Helped, helping, Helps, ministering, subserve, Subserved, Subserving). (various references)

Cornish

gweres (to help). (various references)

Croatian

pomoæi. (various references)

Czech

pomoc (aid, assistance, ministration, refuge, relief, remedy, stand by, standby, succour, support), pomoci (give a hand, hand out, help smb. down from, lend a hand, relieve, serve, stead, to help). (various references)

Danish

hjælpe (accomodate, aid, assist), hjælp (aid). (various references)

Dutch

helpen (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, avail, serve), hulp (aid, assistant, assistent, helper), assisteren (abet, aid, assist). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

yanapana (to help). (various references)

Esperanto

helpo (aid), helpi (accomodate, aid, assist). (various references)

Estonian

abi. (various references)

Faeroese

hjálpa (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, contribute), ganga til handa (abet, aid, assist). (various references)

Farsi 

یاری کردن (Aid, Succor), یاری (Aid, Companionship), مساعدت , مزدور (Barrator, Grub, Hireling), مددرساندن , مدد (Reinforcement), همدستی کردن (Collaborate, Cooperate), نوکر (Handyman, Henchman, Lackey, Man, Manservant, Menial, Servant, Server, Valet, Yesman), کمک کردن (Aid, Boost, Hand, Redound, Relieve), کمک (Adjutant, Aid, Ancillary, Assist, Assistance, Avail, Hand, Helper, Helpmeet, Mate, Relief, Second, Service, Subservience, Succor, Support), بهترکردن چاره کردن . (various references)

Finnish

auttaa (accomodate, aid, assist, be of use, lend a hand, remedy, support, to help). (various references)

Flemish

helpen. (various references)

French

aider, aide (helpmate), secours, secourir, assister. (various references)

French Canadian

aider, aide. (various references)

Frisian

helpe (to help). (various references)

Galician

axudarme (help me), axudalo (help you). (various references)

German

hilfe (aid, assistance, easement, relief, succor), helfen (abet, accomodate, aid, aiding, assist, avail, be of help to, cure, give a hand, lend a hand, relieve, to aid, to assist, to avail, to lend a hand, to second), stütze (aid, bastion, brace, dole, linchpin, mainstay, pillar, prop, rest, support, sustainer, welfare), beistand (abetment, aid, assistance, attendance, legal adviser, second, sidekick, succor, succour, support). (various references)

Greek 

βοήθεια (aid, assistance, helping, lift, succor, succour, support), αρωγή (relief, succor, succour). (various references)

Haitian Creole

ede, èd. (various references)

Hebrew 

ישע (deliverance, salvation), לעזור (aid, assist, facilitate), לסיע (aid, assist, befriend, facilitate, succor), תמיכה (aid, assistance, countenance, hold, support, sustenance), עוזרת בית (charlady, charwoman), עזרה (aid, assistance, helping, succor, succour), עזר (aid, assistance, succour), העזרות (aid, assistance), הצילו (s.o.s.), סיוע (aid, assistance, facilitation, succor, succour, support). (various references)

Hungarian

segítség (aid, assistance, mayday, relief, subsidy, succor, succour, support), támogatás (advocacy, aid, assistance, backing, countenance, encouragement, espousal, favor, lean, promotion, protection, sponsorship, subservience, subserviency, subsidization, support, sustain), segít (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, lean, minister, relieve, succor, succour, support, sustain, to aid, to assist, to avail, to back up, to bear a hand, to help, to lend a hand, to minister, to stead, to succour, to support). (various references)

Icelandic

hjálpað, hjálpa (accomodate, aid, assist), hjálp (aid), aðstoðað. (various references)

Indonesian

pertolongan (accomodation, aid, assistance), menyantuni (assist, sympathize with), menolong (aid), bantuan (aid, assist), bantu (assist, auxiliary). (various references)

Inuktitut

ikajuqtuq (to help). (various references)

Irish

cunamh, cuidigh, cuidiú (to help), cabhraigh. (various references)

Italian

aiuto (aid, assistance, assistant, rescue), aiutare (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, befriend, help each other, help oneself, relieve, render, see through, stimulate, succor, succour, support, to help), assistere (abet, aid, assist, attend, be present, look after, minister, nurse, sit in), assistenza (aid, assistance, attendance, ministration, presence). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

補佐 (adviser, aid, assistance, assistant, counselor), 扶助 (aid, assistance, support). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

う (bend over, cormorant, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac), ちからぞえ (assistance, service), てつだい (assistant, helper), じょ (assistant, daughter, description, foreword, girl, narration, preface, relation, rescue, woman), ゆう (actor, bravery, courage, evening, gentleness, gift, heroism, possession, superiority, to braid, to do up, to say), せわ (aid, assistance, looking after), ちから (ability, agency, attainment, authority, capability, efficacy, emphasis, endeavors, energy, exertions, faculty, force, good offices, influence, means, might, power, resources, strength, stress, support, vigor), ふじょ (aid, assistance, medium, shrine maiden, sorceress, support, woman, womankind), たすけぶね (friend in need, lifeboat, timely help), さ (difference, make, variation), きゅうさい (aid, former wife, nonappearance in print, old debt, relief, rescue, salvation), ヘルプ , おてつだい (maid), おうえん (aid, assistance, barracking, cheering, chrome yellow, reinforcement, rooting, support), すくい (aid, relief), ほさ (adviser, aid, assistance, assistant, counselor). (various references)

Kongo

ku-sadisa (to help). (various references)

Korean 

도움 (Helps). (various references)

Luxembourgish

hëllefen. (various references)

Macedonian

pomognuva (to help). (various references)

Malagasy

fanampianao (your help). (various references)

Malay

membantu (abet, aid, assist), bantuan (aid), bantu ... membantu (accomodate, aid, assist, cooperate, co-operate), bantu (abet, aid, assist). (various references)

Manx

couyr (cure, redress, relief, resort, resource), cooneyder (adjutant, assistant), cooney lesh (aid, facilitate), cooinee (commemorative). (various references)

Maori

aawhina-tia (to help). (various references)

Maya

aant (to help). (various references)

Norwegian

hjelpe (abet, accomodate, aid, assist). (various references)

Occitan

ajudar. (various references)

Papago

wehmt (to help). (various references)

Papiamen

yuda (abet, accomodate, aid, assist), ousilio (aid), ayudo (aid), ayuda (aid), asistensia (aid), asistí (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, attend, be present, witness). (various references)

Pidgin English

helep (to help). (various references)

Pig Latin

elphay.(various references)

Polish

pomoc (aid), pomagać (accomodate, aid, assist). (various references)

Portuguese

ajuda (aid, assistance, furtherance, grant, helping, relief, rescue, subsidy, support), socorro (aid, assistance, health-resort, relief, resort), auxiliar (accessorial, accomodate, adjunct, adjuvant, aid, ancillary, assist, assistant, auxilary, avail, back, cad, candle-holder, favor, favour, friend, hand, handy man, helper, lend a hand, minister, ministerial, patronize, preventer, protect, relieve, second, secondary, subsidiary, succor, succour, support), ajudar (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, encourage, further, lend a hand, minister, pilot, relieve, serve, subserve, succor, succour, support, to help), socorrer (accomodate, relieve, rescue, succor, succour). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

socorros, ajuda. (various references)

Provencal

ajudar (to help). (various references)

Quechua

yanapariway (please help me). (various references)

Romanian

ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, benefit, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support, sustain). (various references)

Romansch

gidar (to help). (various references)

Romany

akandàv (to help). (various references)

Ruanda

gufasha (to help). (various references)

Russian 

прислуга (maid, maidservant, skivvy), помощь (aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, hand, helping, relief, succor, succour), помощник (acolyte, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, aider, assistant, assistant secretaries, auxiliary, candle holder, farm hand, farmhand, helper, helpmate, mate, second, troubleshooter), помочь (lend a hand), помогать (aid, assist, assist in making, bear a hand, befriend, bestead, carry through, helped, succor, succored, succour), подсказка (prompt, prompting), подмога. (various references)

Samoan

e fesoasoani (to help). (various references)

Scottish

fòir, cungaisich, cuidich (accomodate, aid, assist), cobhair (aid, assist. See <A HREF="mf02.html#cabhair">cabhair</A>, assistance, relieve, succour), cabhair (aid, assist, assistance, relieve), còmhnadh (aid). (various references)

Sepedi

thua
a (to help). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

potpora (backing, brace, buttress, falsework, prop, stay, support, sustenance, sustention, trestle), poslužiti se (help oneself, help yourself, partake), pomoćnik (adjunct, adjuvant, aid, aide, associate, auxiliary, call-boy, coadjutor, contributor, deputy, famulus, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, potman, subsidiary), pomoći (assist, avail, bale out, give a hand, help out, stand by, succor, succour, tide, tide over), pomoć (aid, assistance, boost, helping, lift, relief, succor, succour), pomagati (aid, bestead, minister, redound). (various references)

Shona

-yamura (to help). (various references)

Slovene

pomoè, pomagate. (various references)

Somali

caawin. (various references)

Sotho

thuso. (various references)

Spanish

ayudar (abet, accomodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, boost, dole, Favor, favour, help along, help out, help smb. out, lean, lend a hand, pull up, subserve, support, tide over), ayuda (abets, accommodation, aid, allowance, assistance, charity, consultation, countenance, crutch, donation, forgiveness, hand, intuition, it helps, lift, ministration), socorro (aid, assistance, relief, rescue, succor, succour, support). (various references)

Sranan

yepi (abet, accomodate, aid, assist), stanbay (abet, accomodate, aid, assist), lepi (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, mature, ripe, ripen), asisteri (abet, accomodate, aid, assist). (various references)

Swahili

msaada (aid). (various references)

Swazi

kú-síta (to help). (various references)

Swedish

hjälpa (accomodate, aid, assist, be helped, befriend, Favor, favour, forward, minister, relieve, serve, succour, support), hjälp (aid, assist, assistance, backing, furtherance, helpmate, ministration, remedy, service, succour, support), biträda (accede, accede to, accomodate, aid, assist, support), bistånd (aid, assistance, succour), bistå (aid, assist). (various references)

Tagalog

tumúlong (abet, aid, assist), tulong, tulóng (aid), maitutulong (can help). (various references)

Tahitian

tauturu (to help). (various references)

Tswana

thuso. (various references)

Turkish

hizmetçi (charwoman, domestic, domestic help, domestic servant, factotum, handmaid, helper, housemaid, maid, maidservant, menial, servant, servant maid, server, servitor, skivvy, slavey, waiting girl, waiting maid), yardımcı olmak (aid, assist, be subsidiary to, lend assistance), yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), yardım etmek (afford assistance, aid, assist, bear a hand, bear out, bear smb. out, bear up, befriend, comfort, further, give a hand, give a leg up, give smb. a leg up, give smb. a lift, hand, lend a hand, lend assistance, lend help to, lend oneself to, make oneself useful, pull through, second, see through, service, support), yardım (aid, alms, assist, assistance, backing, backup, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donation, donative, Favor, favour, furtherance, hand, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, shot, stand by, succor, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), yararı olmak (avail, profit, redound), muavin (alternate, assistant, helper), kurtarmak (absolve, bail, bail out, bring off, bring through, clean up, clear, deliver, disabuse, disabuse of, disembarrass, disembody, disengage, extricate, free, get smb. out of a jam, keep from, liberate, pull through, recover, redeem, relieve, rescue, retrieve, retrieve from, rid, salvage, salve, save, set free, tear away, unfetter, worry smb. out of smth.), imdat (rescue, succor, succour), imdadına yetişmek (come to help, rescue, succor, succour), elinde olmak (rest with), başa çıkmak (cope, get over, handle, overcome), çare (aid, antidote, curative, cure, egress, expedience, expediency, expedient, healer, medium, obviation, redress, relief, remedy, resort, resource, shift, solution, way out), çözüm (answer, denouement, healer, key, out, redress, remedy, resolution, shift, solution, way out). (various references)

Turkmen 

hemaяat (aid), haraя (aid), яardam (aid), kцmekleюmek, dalda (aid). (various references)

Ukrainian

сприяти (abet, advantage, assist, befriend, bolster, conduce, cooperate, facilitate, farther, favour, further, help along, help forward, make for, promote, redound, subserve, support), рятуйте (murder), обслуговувати (cater, serve, service, wait, wait upon), працівник (earner, employee, worker, working man, workman), пригощатися, помічник (acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, contributor, helper, helpmate, second, secondary, seconder, subsidiary, tender), допомогати (aid, bear a hand, stand in), допомога (abetment, aid, assistance, backing, bield, facilitation, furtherance, helping, relief, stipend, succor, succour). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự giúp ích phương cứu chữa, sự giúp đỡ (aid, assistance, backing, ministration, succor, succour), sự cứu giúp (aid, ministration, succor, succour), người giúp việc trong nhà. (various references)

Welsh

helpu (aid, assist), help (aid, assistance), porth (aid, ferry, gate, gateway, porch, port), cynorthwyo (abet, aid, assist), cynhorthwy (aid), cymorth (aid, assist, assistance), cyfnerthu (aid, confirm). (various references)

Wolof

ndimbal. (various references)

Xhosa

ngoncedo (With your help). (various references)

Yucatec

aantik (accomodate, aid, assist). (various references)

Zulu

usizo (aid), ulusizo (aid), -siza (abet, accomodate, aid, assist). (various references)

á-tah, a-dah. (various references)

rê§u. (various references)

synergia. (various references)

auxilium. (various references)

avangh, avanghe . (various references)

succursus. (various references)

ajurie, conforter, resort, subside. (various references)

succors. (various references)

servir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "help": helpable, helped, helper, helpers, helpful, helpfully, helpfulness, helpfulnesses, helping, helpings, helpless, helplessly, helplessness, helplessnesses, helpmate, helpmates, helpmeet, helpmeets, helps. (additional references)

Words ending with "help": whelp. (additional references)

Words containing "help": unhelped, unhelpful, unhelpfully, whelped, whelping, whelps. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Help" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ehl, ehp, elp, eplp, felp, hailp, halp, healp, heela, heeli, heelo, heip, helf, helg, heli, helk, hellp, heln, helo, helpp, helt, hepb, hepo, heppi, hept, herp, hesl, Heslip, heup, Heyl, hielp, hilp, hjelp, hjlp, hle, hlen, hlep, holp, Huallpa, hulp, hwel, hwelc, nelp, Nhel, Nhlpa, relp, rhel, shelp, velp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hep, peh.

-2 letters: eh, el, he, pe.

+1 letter: aleph, helps, phyle, shlep, whelp.

+2 letters: alephs, chapel, helped, helper, hirple, holpen, hopple, klepht, phenol, phenyl, phlegm, phloem, phylae, pleach, plench, schlep, shlepp, shleps, upheld, whelps.

+3 letters: acaleph, aphelia, bellhop, chapels, chaplet, cheaply, delphic, ephoral, epochal, hapless, haplite, harelip, heeltap, helipad, helpers, helpful, helping, hexapla, hipless, hiplike, hipline, hirpled, hirples, hopeful, hoplite, hoppled, hopples, klephts, megilph, phaseal, phellem, phenols, phenyls, philter, philtre, phlegms, phlegmy, phloems, phloxes, pinhole, planche, plashed, plasher, plashes, plenish, plusher, plushes, pothole, ralphed, schlepp, schleps, shapely, shlepps, spheral, taphole, telpher, wheeple, whelped.