Help and Shies

Opposite meaning words

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Shies is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

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Help is an antonym for shies in topics: prevent, avoid, disagree, silence, get away from.

Renaud asks him if there is any liquor on the plane to help with Gabriele's pain; Lew initially shies away from handing over his bottle by asking if he couldn't use morphine instead.

Source: Film / The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
He never, however, shies away when there's a sick or hurt creature who needs his help.

Source: Cowardly Lion / Western Animation

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