Antonyms for helpful
ˈhɛlp fəlhelp·ful

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1. 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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. helpfuladjective

   providing assistance or serving a useful function

   Antonyms:
   unconstructive, unaccommodating, unhelpful

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. helpfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   assistant, conducive, instrumental, useful, salutary

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. panned

   panned is being criticized

   Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

How to use helpful in a sentence?

1. Trey Gowdy:

   The drama does not help anyone, so if you're going to produce it, produce it -- if you're not going to produce it let us know, that's helpful information, too. And then( Oversight Committee Speaker Paul Ryan) has to decide a number of things. But when you push the issue, you're not getting the documents, you're going to court.

2. Douglas Hurd:

   It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

3. Mara Keisling:

   One would hope that transgender people would support philosophies that are helpful and not harmful to trans people.

4. Ian Crawford:

   If the moon's resources are going to be helpful, they are going to be helpful beyond the surface of the moon itself.

5. Sam Singer:

   The more they say, the more liability they could potentially create for themselves, they are low key, contrite and helpful.

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