benefiting

VERB

help, enhance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance aid assist contribute to favor further improve pay pay off promote serve

STRONG

advantage ameliorate avail better build profit relieve succor

WEAK

be good for do for one do the trick fill the bill make a killing make it work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block decrease halt hinder hurt impede injure obstruct stop thwart

STRONG

worsen

WEAK

harm

Example Sentences

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James Lee Silliman, executive director of Ouachita Partnership for Economic Development, said the expanding defense industry is benefiting the broader community, including small restaurant owners who are getting more visitors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The proceedings revealed the mythmaking of AI’s seismic economic transformation, with heady talk of benefiting humanity and existential risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

It’s a shale play benefiting from technology developed in the U.S.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Funds owning commodity-tied companies are benefiting from persistent inflation; Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF is up 20% in 2026.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Since when did Ritu auntie think in terms of benefiting a woman’s career?

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon