helper

n

1. aid or aide, assistant, attendant, subsidiary, adjutant, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress or coadjutrix, adjunct, adjuvant, adjutator, Obs. ad-jutor; acolyte, deputy, auxiliary, ancilla, second, man Friday, gal Friday, henchman, right hand, right-hand man, Sl. gopher.

2. partner, comrade, ally, colleague, associate, consociate, yokefellow or yokemate, companion, helpmate, helpmeet, Obs. helpfellow, co-worker, co-aid, copartner; consort, confrere, sidekick, crony, friend, Inf. buddy, Chiefly Brit. mate.

3. cooperator, collaborator, contributor, participator, participant; confederate, conniver, conspirer, conspirator, fellow conspirator, abettor, accomplice, accessory, or Chiefly Law. accessary, Law. principal, Law. accessory before or after the fact, Law. particeps criminis, partner in crime, Sl. gun moll or moll.

4. worker, workingman, laborer, hand, help, helping hand, apprentice; servant, maid, handmaid or hand- maiden, maidservant, butler, valet, (in the British army) batman; menial, inferior, lesser, underling.

5. supporter, advocate, adviser, patron, patronizer, backer, champion, endorser, upholder, sanctioner, approver, maintainer, sustainer; follower, disciple, partisan, disciple, devotee, sectary, votary; agent, promoter, furtherer, advancer, favorer; financer, funder, subsidizer, underwriter, angel, Inf. staker, Inf. grub-staker, Sl. meal ticket; benefactor, benefactress, bene-fiter, friend in deed, Inf. fairy godmother; comforter, succorer, good Samaritan, ministering angel, friend in need.