Synonyms for helpful
ˈhɛlp fəlhelp·ful

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1. helpful

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. helpfuladjective

   providing assistance or serving a useful function

   Antonyms:
   unconstructive, unaccommodating, unhelpful

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1. all purpose

   i mean an object or a place which gives lots of facilities or ways.

   ther is a branch mraket near by my house,which is an all purpose market& i am always very happy about it.

   Submitted by faryville on October 25, 2020  

2. encouragingadjective

   they can encourage you which is helpful

   manuel was very helpful during our studies.

   Submitted by dottykay10 on May 17, 2022  

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1. helpfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   useful, beneficial, convenient

2. helpfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   wholesome, salutary

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

1. helpfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   assistant, conducive, instrumental, useful, salutary

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1. List of paraphrases for "helpful":

   useful, beneficial, valuable, worthwhile, meaningful, instrumental, handy

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1. Najib Razak:

   I don't aspire to be a politician, all I am hoping to do is to be helpful. When you feel strongly that your country needs positive changes then one ought to be open to be helpful in that process.

2. Glen Beaman:

   Stubborness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow.

3. Douglas Hurd:

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

4. Garry Marshall:

   It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

5. Christina Schwarzenegger:

   You get a high from it, but in a completely different arena, it’s very helpful obviously for people to have ADD, who struggle with their attention span. It’s a very helpful drug for those types of people. And I think if they find it helpful if they’re able to take it on an as-needed basis or the way it was prescribed by your doctor without abusing, I think that’s totally fine.