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

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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

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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. Grant Bailey:

   Over the last couple years, RMBS investors are increasingly focused on natural disaster risk. And we felt it would be helpful to try to quantify that for them.

2. Product Keith Coleman:

   These notes are being intentionally kept separate from Twitter for now, while we build Birdwatch and gain confidence that it produces context people find helpful and appropriate, additionally, notes will not have an effect on the way people see Tweets or our system recommendations.

3. Beatriz Champagne:

   While we stand by our key messages, it is helpful to know that the wording of parts of the policy brief can give rise to misunderstandings. To address this we have updated the document( specifically page 8) to more clearly articulate our conclusions and specifically cite the studies by which they have been reached, in brief, our position is that studies showing a significant cardioprotective effect of alcohol consumption have by-and-large been observational, inconsistent, funded by the alcohol industry, and/or not subject to randomized control. Furthermore, any potential cardioprotective effect is negated by the well-documented risks and harms, rendering our judgment that no amount of consumption can be considered good for heart health.

4. Shelley Moore:

   I wish they'd be more helpful toward the BIF.

5. Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee:

   I think it would be very, very helpful if the federal government could be more assertive and aggressive and more organized in helping all of us to obtain these systems.