helpmate

Noun

Meaning

A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

helpmeet lieutenant benedict adjutant second man help assistant auxiliary deputy buddy aid friend husband partner
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Antonyms

bandit challenger enemy opponent rival chairman
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Hypernyms

partner mate spouse better half married person

Examples

During his senior year at NDSU he married Delores Kaufer, loving wife and helpmate of 70 years. Source: Internet

He contracted, on the advice of his friends, a second marriage with Catharina del Piano, a Genoese widow, in order to have a helpmate in his declining years. Source: Internet

Lilith leaves Adam in Eden, as she is not a suitable helpmate for him. Source: Internet

Moreover, he is unable to see Jane as a whole person, but views her only as a helpmate in his impending missionary work. Source: Internet

Thus, wives were often referred to as her husband's "helpmate". Source: Internet

She was a devoted wife and companion working beside her husband as a pastor’s wife and helpmate on all of his work projects, and a homemaker and later caretaker after his stroke. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

helpline helpliness helply helpmeet Helprin Helpringham