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

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But he also noted that the alerts are most helpful when you have a specific action for people to take, such as turning off lights or evacuating.

From Los Angeles Times

"For someone on a fixed budget, it is absolutely helpful," she says.

From BBC

Hunte, who describes his daughter as "very bubbly and helpful", says he has still not come to terms with how she died.

From BBC

Tiegan's father Craig Parry, 50, said he enjoyed the social aspect of the hub, where the volunteers were "brilliant" and "very helpful".

From BBC

"While this questioning can be a helpful starting point, it's important these questions lead to proper clinical assessment with a professional," she said.

From BBC

helpful

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