Synonyms for helping


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hel-ping
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛl pɪŋ


Définition of helping

Origin :
  • "aid, assistance," late 13c., from present participle of help (v.). Meaning "serving food" is from 1824; that of "a portion of food" is from 1883.
  • noun portion of food
Example sentences :
  • "I think I will," said the superintendent, helping himself to a fresh slice of toast.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Calvert and I have been helping our neighbors to get in the harvest.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • What a farce it was to talk to her about helping those poor fellows!
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I thought of helping them to get a small house somewhere and of taking a room with them.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • You needn't worry about helping yourself; I've got a dozen bottles more.'
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • She was helping Uncle William who said that her help was very useful to him.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • I was busy in helping to unreeve the stay, when I was seized with sudden and violent cramps.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • They all knew now that he was trying hard, and who was helping him.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • He smiled leeringly up at her, and reached for a second helping of honey.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Because if it hadn't been for her you'd never have thought of helping me.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Antonyms for helping

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