What does helpmeet mean?
Helpmeet means A helpful partner, particularly a spouse..
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/ˈhɛlpmiːt/ · noun
A helpful partner, particularly a spouse..
[on vocabulary errors] … and helpmates for meet-helps—the difference of the meaning of the two words is so obvious, that it is surprising it should have escaped attention.—A person may be a helpmate and at the same time be very far from being a help-meet, which is here intended.
When he went to Deborah and told her that the Lord had led him to ask her to be his wife, his holy helpmeet, she looked at him for a moment in what seemed to be speechless terror.
Use helpmeet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Helpmeet means A helpful partner, particularly a spouse..
Common synonyms include helpmate, spouse, better half, consort.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[on vocabulary errors] … and helpmates for meet-helps—the difference of the meaning of the two words is so obvious, that it is surprising it should have escaped attention.—A person may be a helpmate and at the same time be very far from being a help-meet, which is here intended.
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