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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Liverpool's Arne Slot said the lack of a winter break in England is "not helpful".

From BBC

“It’s a pain to set up, but once you have it’s a really helpful, comprehensive tool.”

From Barron's

Researchers revived the frozen tissue in a way that preserved its functionality, which could be helpful for testing drugs, examining diseases, or, someday, preserving entire organs or bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their method could be helpful for testing drugs, examining neurodegenerative diseases, or, someday, preserving entire organs or bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Welcoming the guidance, she said: "Parents have got a lot going on and they just want some help with their everyday life and some information that is evidence-based and helpful".

From BBC

helpful

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