Compromise
Compromise verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: the deletion of several critical points for space considerations really compromised the essay
Help
Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Compromise is an antonym for help.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional compromise | emotional help |
| good | good compromise | good help |
| nice | nice compromise | nice help |
| best | best compromise | best help |
| Other adjectives: similar, actual, great, little, happy, possible, final. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It didn't help that he also tried to buy Cuba from Spain, as it was also south of the Missouri Compromise Line.
Source: Useful Notes / James K. Polk
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