Get to know Helpmate better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like spouse or partner.
Helpmate meaning
- A person who supplies help or companionship.
- A wife or spouse.
- A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.
Using Helpmate
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who supplies help or companionship. | A wife or spouse. | A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.
- Useful related words include: helpmeet, spouse, partner, married person.
- In the example corpus, helpmate often appears in combinations such as: helpmate in.
Context around Helpmate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Helpmate
- In this selection, "helpmate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, invaluable, suitable, pyxus and hospital stand out and add context to how "helpmate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a suitable helpmate for him and an invaluable helpmate to your. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "helpmate" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with helpmate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thus, wives were often referred to as her husband's "helpmate". (11 words)
Lilith leaves Adam in Eden, as she is not a suitable helpmate for him. (14 words)
If attached, your bond is super strong and you are an invaluable helpmate to your partner. (16 words)
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. (28 words)
The first commercial robots to achieve this were Pyxus' HelpMate hospital robot and the CyberMotion guard robot, both designed by robotics pioneers in the 1980s. (25 words)
Moreover, he is unable to see Jane as a whole person, but views her only as a helpmate in his impending missionary work. (23 words)
Example sentences (6)
If attached, your bond is super strong and you are an invaluable helpmate to your partner.
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.
Lilith leaves Adam in Eden, as she is not a suitable helpmate for him.
Moreover, he is unable to see Jane as a whole person, but views her only as a helpmate in his impending missionary work.
The first commercial robots to achieve this were Pyxus' HelpMate hospital robot and the CyberMotion guard robot, both designed by robotics pioneers in the 1980s.
Thus, wives were often referred to as her husband's "helpmate".
Common combinations with helpmate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- helpmate in 2×