Thesaurus
helpful
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of HELPFUL
1
providing service or assistance <a Web site that I've always found to be helpful for finding information on common medical problems>
Related Words advantageous, beneficial, efficacious, favorable, productive, profitable, salutary; accommodating, obliging
Near Antonyms ineffective, ineffectual; adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, profitless, unfavorable
2
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being <it would be helpful to have more than one thesaurus in the classroom>
Synonyms advantageous, benefic, beneficent, benignant, favorable, friendly, good, helpful, kindly, profitable, salutary
Related Words gratifying, rewarding, satisfying; auspicious, promising, propitious; advisable, desirable, healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutiferous, wholesome; gainful, lucrative, remunerative; ameliorative, amelioratory, bettering, constructive, supportive
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