helped synonyms

helped

modif.

aided, maintained, supported, advised, abetted, befriended, relieved, sustained, nursed, patronized, encouraged, assisted, accompanied, taken care of, subsidized, bolstered, upheld; see also backed 1.

Antonyms impeded, hindered, harmed*.

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