more helpful

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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"Non-invasive tests, such as the ones we are investigating as part of this trial, will be much more helpful in diagnosing endometriosis and giving patients access to timely treatment," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

On the whole, though, competitors say it’s more helpful than not.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

But, and it’s a big but, unlike in the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000, this time the market will face a more helpful interest rate environment.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

The review found that light to moderate intensity activity may be more helpful than vigorous workouts.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

It would be much more helpful if Byrd gave clues to the mystery of a disappearing dad.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers