helpmate

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noun

A person who supplies help or companionship.

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Meanings

nounhelpmate (plural helpmates)

plural helpmates

  1. A person who supplies help or companionship.

    Synonyms: aide, helper, tutor

  2. A wife or spouse.

    The host himself was one of those very quiet men whom we usually see linked to the most active helpmates.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 191

    Synonyms: helpmeet, spouse, better half, consort, helpmeet, mate, other half, partner

  3. board gamesA recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who supplies help or companionship.

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aidehelpertutor

nounA wife or spouse.

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helpmeetspousebetter halfconsorthelpmeetmateother halfpartnerspousywedder

More synonyms by meaning

nouna helpful partner

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helpmeet
Broader
spousepartnermarried person
Also see
better halfhelpmeetspouse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

A folk-etymological alteration of helpmeet, by reanalysis as help + mate.

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Translations

Bulgarian жена, съпруга
  • жена (žena)wife or spouse
  • съпруга (săpruga)wife or spouse
French compagnon, compagne
  • compagnonperson who supplies help
  • compagnewife or spouse
German Helfer, Gehilfe
  • Helferperson who supplies help
  • Gehilfeperson who supplies help
  • Begleiterperson who supplies help
  • Gefährteperson who supplies help
  • Lebensgefährtewife or spouse
  • Lebensgefährtinwife or spouse
  • Hilfsmattproblem in chess
Italian aiutante
  • aiutanteperson who supplies help
Polish mat pomocniczy
  • mat pomocniczyproblem in chess
Portuguese companheiro, ajudante
  • companheiroperson who supplies help
  • ajudanteperson who supplies help
Spanish compañero, ayudante
  • compañeroperson who supplies help
  • ayudanteperson who supplies help
  • compañerawife or spouse
Swedish hjälpreda
  • hjälpredaperson who supplies help
Cite this entry
APA

helpmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helpmate

MLA

“helpmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helpmate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helpmate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helpmate.

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