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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Though not practically helpful, it was a sweet attempt at making me more comfortable.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

That experience was very, very helpful to me, knowing that this animal did not judge me whatsoever about my past, and it was all about being present in that moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

On one hand, the automatic demand is helpful.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

And being at a festival and being in this fishbowl environment is really helpful for that.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

There is a chance Fly could be helpful, but I also don’t want to put Fly in any unnecessary danger.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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