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Here are that number of synonyms and idiomatic phrases for the verb <em> help </em> :<p>1. <strong> Abet </strong> : to actively help with an endeavor <br> 2. <strong> Accommodate </strong> : to offer something, especially to help meet a need or want <br> 3. <strong> Advance </strong> : to speed up the development of an initiative or cause <br> 4. <strong> Advise </strong> : to recommend or warn <br> 5. <strong> Aid </strong> : to provide something necessary to help <br> 6. <strong> Alleviate </strong> : see <em> relieve </em> , and to help correct or remove a problem <br> 7. <strong> Ameliorate </strong> : to make better or more manageable <br> 8. <strong> Amend </strong> : to help by improving <br> 9. <strong> Assist </strong> : to supplement an effort <br> 10. <strong> Attend </strong> : to stand ready to help <br> 11. <strong> Back </strong> : to help with actions or words, or to help financially <br> 12. <strong> Backstop </strong> : see <em> bolster </em> <br> 13. <strong> Bail out </strong> : to help someone suffering hardship; also, to abandon an enterprise <br> 14. <strong> Ballyhoo </strong> : see <em> hype </em> <br> 15. <strong> Bear a hand </strong> : see “lend a hand” <br> 16. <strong> Be of use </strong> : see <em> benefit </em> <br> 17. <strong> Befriend </strong> : to become a friend of <br> 18. <strong> Benefit </strong> : to be helpful <br> 19. <strong> Bolster </strong> : to help in order to strengthen <br> 20. <strong> Boost </strong> : to physically help one up from below, or to help publicly; also, slang for “steal” <br> 21. <strong> Buck up </strong> : see <em> bolster </em> <br> 22. <strong> Buttress </strong> : to strengthen figuratively or literally <br> 23. <strong> Care for </strong> : to help someone recover <br> 24. <strong> Champion </strong> : to advocate or protect <br> 25. <strong> Cheer </strong> : to make someone feel better through deeds or words; also, to applaud vocally <br> 26. <strong> Comfort </strong> : to provide hope or strength, or to console <br> 27. <strong> Contribute </strong> : to give financial or material help or to provide services <br> 28. <strong> Cooperate </strong> : to proactively offer help, or to compromise <br> 29. <strong> Counsel </strong> : see <em> advise </em> <br> 30. <strong> Deliver </strong> : to convey something to another <br> 31. <strong> Ease </strong> : to make easier <br> 32. <strong> Embolden </strong> : to give courage to <br> 33. <strong> Encourage </strong> : to inspire, or to help by offering a positive comment or making a helpful gesture <br> 34. <strong> Endorse </strong> : to approve or recommend <br> 35. <strong> Facilitate </strong> : to help enable something to occur <br> 36. <strong> Favor </strong> : to give partisan help to someone <br> 37. <strong> Forward </strong> : see <em> encourage </em> <br> 38. <strong> Foster </strong> : see <em> encourage </em> and <em> nurture </em> <br> 39. <strong> Further </strong> : see <em> encourage </em> <br> 40. <strong> Go to bat for </strong> : see <em> back </em> <br> 41. <strong> Guide </strong> : see <em> advise </em> , or to show or demonstrate <br> 42. <strong> Hearten </strong> : see <em> encourage </em> <br> 43. <strong> Hype </strong> : to provide extravagant publicity <br> 44. <strong> Intercede </strong> : to become involved on another’s behalf <br> 45. <strong> Launch </strong> : to help someone start an enterprise <br> 46. <strong> Lend a hand </strong> : to provide material help <br> 47. <strong> Meliorate </strong> : see <em> ameliorate </em> <br> 48. <strong> Mentor </strong> : see <em> advise </em> <br> 49. <strong> Minister to </strong> : to give help to, especially in terms of emotional or physical needs <br> 50. <strong> Mitigate </strong> : see <em> relieve </em> and <em> mollify </em> <br> 51. <strong> Mollify </strong> : to assuage, soften, or soothe <br> 52. <strong> Nurture </strong> : to help develop <br> 53. <strong> Oblige </strong> : to indulge a request for help <br> 54. <strong> Open doors </strong> : to provide help through influence or recommendation <br> 55. <strong> Palliate </strong> : to reduce discomfort or pain, or to excuse <br> 56. <strong> Patronize </strong> : to provide help through influence or financial support <br> 57. <strong> Plug </strong> : see <em> promote </em> <br> 58. <strong> Promote </strong> : provide help by advertising or by enabling publicity <br> 59. <strong> Prop up </strong> : see <em> bolster </em> <br> 60. <strong> Push </strong> : to help in reaching an objective <br> 61. <strong> Reinforce </strong> : see <em> encourage </em> , or to strengthen <br> 62. <strong> Relieve </strong> : to remove a burden or obligation, or to take one’s place in performing a task <br> 63. <strong> Remedy </strong> : see <em> relieve </em> <br> 64. <strong> Rescue </strong> : to help someone or something harmed, in poor conditions, or in financial straits <br> 65. <strong> Restore </strong> : to improve by returning to a previous, better condition, or to help rejuvenate <br> 66. <strong> Revive </strong> : to bring back to life or former improved circumstances <br> 67. <strong> Root for </strong> : to publicly make positive comments, or to applaud vocally <br> 68. <strong> Sanction </strong> : to approve, especially in an official capacity; can also mean to ratify, or to censure) <br> 69. <strong> Save </strong> : see <em> rescue </em> <br> 70. <strong> Second </strong> : see <em> assist </em> and <em> reinforce </em> <br> 71. <strong> See </strong> (something) through: to help accomplish or complete a task <br> 72. <strong> Serve </strong> : to satisfy or supply needs or wants <br> 73. <strong> Sponsor </strong> : see <em> patronize </em> <br> 74. <strong> Stand by </strong> : see <em> back </em> <br> 75. <strong> Stick up for </strong> : see <em> back </em> <br> 76. <strong> Stimulate </strong> : see <em> restore </em> <br> 77. <strong> Stump for </strong> : see <em> promote </em> <br> 78. <strong> Succor </strong> : see <em> relieve </em> <br> 79. <strong> Support </strong> : see <em> assist </em> and <em> promote </em> <br> 80. <strong> Sustain </strong> : see <em> assist </em> and <em> relieve </em> <br> 81. <strong> Take under (one’s) wing </strong> : see patronize <br> 82. <strong> Treat </strong> : to care for <br> 83. <strong> Stand one in good stead </strong> : see <em> bolster </em> <br> 84. <strong> Uphold </strong> : see <em> assist </em> <br> 85. <strong> Work for </strong> : to help accomplish a goal<p><em> Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? <a href=https://www.dailywritingtips.com/pro/> Get a subscription </a> and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! </em><h2>Keep learning! 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Thanks for sharing, as always!</p><li><strong> ken <time class=date datetime=2012-02-26> on February 26, 2012 2:54 pm </time> </strong> <p>Enjoyed it.</p><li><strong> Sally <time class=date datetime=2012-02-27> on February 27, 2012 6:01 pm </time> </strong> <p>We Aussies can rarely contain our giggles when we hear the phrase “root for,” which to our ears has sexual connotations.</p> <p>[We can’t help it – it’s the convict strain in our ancestry :)) ]</p> <p>We say “barrack for.”</p> <p>See also ‘fanny.’</p><li><strong> Mark MacKay <time class=date datetime=2012-02-27> on February 27, 2012 6:28 pm </time> </strong> <p>Allay</p><li><strong> Amandah <time class=date datetime=2012-02-28> on February 28, 2012 8:53 pm </time> </strong> <p>Thanks for sharing. This is a great list. I’m always looking for synonyms.</p><li><strong> Em <time class=date datetime=2012-03-09> on March 09, 2012 8:07 am </time> </strong> <p>Amandah (and anyone else looking for synonyms and the like): I can’t recommend WordNet highly enough. It doesn’t just provide straight synonyms, but trees of related words so that you can get at that word that’s right on the tip of your tongue, or find a related phrase that keeps things original.</p> <p>It’s just plain fab.</p></ul><div class=navigation><div class=next></div><div class=prev></div></div></div><div class=form-area><div class=comment-respond id=respond><h2 class=comment-reply-title id=reply-title>Leave a comment: <small> <a href=/85-synonyms-for-help/#respond id=cancel-comment-reply-link rel=nofollow style=display:none;> Cancel comment </a> </small></h2><form action=https://www.dailywritingtips.com/wp-comments-post.php class=comment-form id=commentform method=post><p class=comment-notes><div class=row><label for=author>Name (required) :</label><input aria-required=true id=author name=author size=30></div><div class=row><label for=email>Email address (required) :</label><input aria-required=true id=email name=email size=30></div><div class=row><label for=url>Website URL 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