Helper

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: help=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

Helper, n. 

 One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.  [1913 Webster]
"Thou art the helper of the fatherless."  [1913 Webster]
"Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

Helper

Samaritan, acolyte, adjutant, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, ancilla, assistant, assister, associate, attendant, auxiliary, backer, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefiter, best man, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, deputy, employee, executive officer, follower, good Samaritan, good person, help, helping hand, helpmate, helpmeet, inferior, jack-at-a-pinch, junior, laborer, lieutenant, ministering angel, ministrant, paranymph, paraprofessional, patron, right-hand man, second, secondary, servant, sideman, striker, subordinate, succorer, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, underling, understrapper, worker

ROGET THESAURUS

Helper

Auxiliary

N auxiliary, recruit, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, ayudante, coaid, adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand, midwife, colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator, coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator, ally, friend, confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego, confederate, accomplice, complice, accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis, aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal, right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer, candle- holder, bottle-holder, handmaid, servant, puppet, cat's-paw, jackal, tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee, satellite, adherent, votary, sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator, angel (theater, entertainment), friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius.