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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“From what we see working with clients, Social Security leveling can be helpful, but it’s easy to misunderstand,” said Joon Um, a certified financial planner at Secure Tax & Accounting, Inc.

From MarketWatch

If these terms prove unfamiliar, Ms. Bruni and Mr. Thompson include a helpful glossary to clarify.

From The Wall Street Journal

I do hope French Lick is helpful for his feet and nerves.

From Literature

While you absolutely don’t need to do this, it might be helpful to pull her aside — meaning message her outside the group chat — and directly ask if she is OK.

From MarketWatch

"I'm 100 percent sure that that game is a bigger challenge than the one we faced Wednesday, but it's always helpful to win."

From Barron's

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