helpmeet

noun

ˈhelp-ˌmēt How to pronounce helpmeet (audio)
Definition of helpmeetnext
1
as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person exasperated, the army surgeon requested a helpmeet who wouldn't faint at the sight of blood

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2
as in wife
a female partner in a marriage he and his helpmeet share a passion for rock climbing

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Recent Examples of helpmeet When Harold burned out on being the helpmeet to the rising star, Minnie took his place. — Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 And yet, historically, the role of First Lady has depended on a kind of approachable legibility—a cheerful, open-bookish willingness to soften the hard edges that the role of President demands, through displays of helpmeet-like keenness. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024 Rather than serve as helpmeets to men, their husbands often took a backseat. — Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 In a workplace, they’re expected to be helpmeets while also being held up as tokens of acceptance, a dynamic the characters bridle against and use to their advantage. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for helpmeet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpmeet
  1. assistant
  2. wife
  3. aide
  4. apprentice
  5. aid
  6. adjutant
  7. deputy
  8. sidekick
Noun
  • Willow, a one-time teen star now employed as a casting assistant, carries most of the strain.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Pore’s top assistant, Rafael Martinez, delivers the scouting report on their next opponent — in this instance, the University of Tulsa, with a match set for Wednesday night.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of assistant
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  • Ethan Russell, who runs a commercial film production company with his brother in Dumbo, moved into a three-bedroom, two-bath at Union Channel with his wife and kindergarten-age daughter last June.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Conrad’s legal team includes Camille Vasquez, who was among the attorneys who represented actor Johnny Depp in his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of wife
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  • Ossoff went a step further, accusing Collins himself of amplifying hateful content and saying that his former congressional aide had intervened on behalf of a Holocaust denier.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Tinubu’s aides have long presented the 1993 case as a closed civil matter.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • Founding and patenting gabardine Thomas Burberry, a cloth merchant’s apprentice, established his own shop in 1856 in Basingstoke, England, then a rural town located southwest of London.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • For carpenters, delays and poor weather conditions can disrupt the working hours apprentices need to complete their program, causing some to quit.
    — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Mitchell-Namdar said Pink Aid’s mission is to provide emergency aid assistance to those struggling during treatment, whether that means paying an electric bill, rent, offering wigs or lymphedema sleeves.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Cress agreed with Sacramento County prosecutors, who argued Kaur did not get out of her sport utility vehicle to check on the unconscious Lopez after striking his motorcycle or attempt to render aid.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.
    — Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
Definition of adjutant
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  • Thurman said Life Time has a contract with Freeman Health System for emergency medical services and is set to pay overtime for McDonald County Sheriff's Office deputies working to keep the race safe.
    — Glory Reitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • One deputy was caught directly under branches and the tree's trunk, but was spared in part by the SUV obstructing the fall.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • To be fair, a genre that’s given us everything from brooding, sparkling emo kids who play baseball; a stake-wielding teen slayer who can’t quit the bad boy; and eccentric sidekicks who feast on bugs is ripe with material for mockery.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Other contestants this season include Food Network host Giada De Laurentiis, Summer House’s Ciara Miller, Jimmy Kimmel Live sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez, and musician Taylor Hanson.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Helpmeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpmeet. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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