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help, helping, helpless, helpfulness, helped, helpfully

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helpful

Antonyms:
bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

Synonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

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Sarah Wootton:

I would live my life as ever to the full and die, before the disease mounted its last attack, in my own home, in a chair on the lawn, with a brandy in my hand to wash down whatever modern version of the Brompton Cocktail some helpful medic could supply. And with Thomas Tallis on my iPod, I would shake hands with death. sir Terry was fond of saying, ‘It’s time we learned to be as good at dying as we are at living’ and his brave approach to confronting issues of death, including his own, was a heartfelt demonstration of dignity.
Larry Hogan:

Just messaging, telling people everythings okay when its not, is not gonna be helpful, certainly were not gonna make decisions to send people out if its not safe.
Fox Cahn:

I think some of these protections could be really helpful, but it depends, it won’t be something that can be fully evaluated until after the the software is available to the public.
John Bel Edwards:

We are entering peak hurricane season, and it’s critically important for everyone – state, local, and federal officials – to be in constant communication and coordinating efforts, we know all too well how important it is for state and federal officials to share information when a storm is approaching, and this briefing was extremely helpful.
Harald Schmidt:

It would’ve been more helpful if we had clarity, a national vaccination plan, everybody who is exploiting loopholes needs to be clear: If you jump the line and you could safely wait a couple of months chances are you’re depriving someone who needs that vaccine.

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helpful

adjective

Definition of helpful next

as in useful

providing service or assistance

a website that I’ve always found to be helpful for finding information on common medical problems

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useful
beneficial
conducive
advantageous
efficacious
accommodating
facilitative
profitable
favorable
obliging
productive
salutary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

useless
ineffective
unhelpful
unfavorable
ineffectual
adverse
inconvenient
disadvantageous
profitless

useless
ineffective
unhelpful
unfavorable
ineffectual
adverse
inconvenient
disadvantageous
profitless

as in beneficial

promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being

the teachers felt that it would be helpful to have more than one thesaurus in the classroom

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beneficial
favorable
friendly
good
satisfying
kindly
profitable
advantageous
desirable
beneficent
salutary
supportive
benignant
rewarding
gratifying
promising
lucrative
benefic
constructive
healthy
healthful
advisable
propitious
auspicious
wholesome
gainful
remunerative
salubrious
bettering
ameliorative
salutiferous
amelioratory

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unhelpful
bad
unfriendly
unfavorable
disadvantageous
unprofitable
harmful
damaging
injurious
deleterious
insalubrious

unhelpful
bad
unfriendly
unfavorable
disadvantageous
unprofitable
harmful
damaging
injurious
deleterious
insalubrious

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helpful comments

useful comments

positive comments

informative comments

informational comments

beneficial comments

a helpful tool

a handy tool

a great tool

a convenient tool

an excellent tool

an invaluable tool

helpful discussions

enjoyable discussions

inspirational discussions

fruitful discussions

valuable discussions

entertaining discussions

helpful people

supportive people

kind people

generous people

hospitable people

charitable people

helpful criticism

constructive criticism

productive criticism

honest criticism

thoughtful criticism

meaningful criticism

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