helpful

[help-fuhl] / ˈhɛlp fəl /

ADJECTIVE

beneficial, beneficent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accessible advantageous applicable conducive constructive convenient cooperative crucial essential favorable friendly important invaluable practical productive profitable significant suitable supportive sympathetic timely useful valuable

WEAK

accommodating benevolent bettering caring considerate contributive effectual efficacious fortunate good for improving instrumental kind neighborly operative pragmatic serendipitous serviceable symbiotic usable utilitarian

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool disagreeable hindering hurting inappropriate inessential injurious inopportune insignificant minor nonessential trivial unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unimportant unsociable unsuitable useless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous harmful hurtful unconstructive

Example Sentences

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He’s making a point about what kind of exercise is harmful and what kind is helpful, particularly for people in my age group.

From Los Angeles Times

Described over the years as a "popular, colourful, generous, helpful character", it was no surprise the bright and charming young man was welcomed into groups warmly.

From BBC

Contact your local representatives or senators again, even if they were not particularly helpful the first time.

From MarketWatch

But a good agent will bring sales, marketing and pricing expertise, which can be helpful if you haven’t tried to sell a home in years.

From MarketWatch

Mitchell Starc – 4 – Would have expected to feast in such helpful conditions, only to have a strangely quiet game.

From BBC

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