helper

CEFRA2

/ˈhɛlpɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who helps someone with a task or problem.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.

Examples

  • He was a helper to me with my projects.

  • Now that they have a baby, the Tanakas had to hire a part-time helper.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. That which helps; anything serving to assist.

  2. One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.

  3. A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.

More examples

In context

  • I want to hire a helper.

  • He no longer liked food that had “helper” in the name, such as Hamburger Helper and Tuna Helper. Patsy said he'd become uppity, and maybe, when it came to food, he had.

  • While Adobe's Acrobat Reader, Macromedia's Flash player, and other common plug-ins suggest themselves the moment you encounter a site that requires them, other browser helpers are harder to find.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English helpere, from Old English *helpere, from Proto-West Germanic *helpārī (“helper”), equivalent to help + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälper (“helper”), West Frisian helper (“helper”), Dutch helper (“helper”), German Low German Helper (“helper”), German Helfer (“helper”), Danish hjælper (“helper”), Swedish hjälpare (“helper”), Icelandic hjálpar (“helper”).