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contributing

ADJECTIVE
contributive
Synonyms
WEAK
conducive contributory related responsible
ADJECTIVE
contributory
Synonyms
WEAK
conducive contributive related responsible
ADJECTIVE
incidental
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accidental ancillary casual coincidental random secondary
STRONG
attendant chance concomitant contingent fluke irregular nonessential subordinate subsidiary
WEAK
accompanying adventitious by-the-way circumstantial concurrent contributory fortuitous occasional odd
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decided deliberate designed planned premeditated
STRONG
chief important necessary
WEAK
basic essential fundamental vital
ADJECTIVE
philanthropic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
altruistic humanitarian patriotic
WEAK
beneficent benevolent benignant big-hearted bountiful donating eleemosynary generous good gracious helpful humane kind kindhearted liberal magnanimous munificent openhanded public-spirited
Antonyms
WEAK
misanthropic miserly stingy uncharitable
ADJECTIVE
supervenient
Synonyms
WEAK
accidental accompanying adscititious adventitious ancillary attendant by-the-way casual chance circumstantial coincidental concomitant concurrent contingent contributory fluke fortuitous irregular nonessential occasional odd random secondary subordinate subsidiary
NOUN
giving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
offering
STRONG
allowing awarding bequeathing ceding conferring conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing granting imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding
WEAK
doling out handing out passing out
Antonyms
WEAK
appropriating getting taking

Example Sentences

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Although this season has been hugely disappointing, there are contributing factors outside of her control.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Anything more ambitious—pressuring Tehran to curb its proxies, contributing to a maritime security framework in the Gulf, underwriting reconstruction—would force trade-offs Beijing has no appetite to make.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

However, in modern environments where calorie-rich foods are constantly available, the same biological mechanisms may now be contributing to chronic disease.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

But now it’s back in fashion, contributing to narrow breadth among stock-market winners.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

“Patricia and I listened,” Ellsberg recalled, “without contributing much.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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