Definition of helpful Helpful
/hɛˈlpfʌl/ - [helpful] - help•ful
We found 5 definitions of helpful from 5 different sources.
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Adjectivehelpful, helpfuller, helpfullest |
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| helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function | ||
| unhelpful providing no assistance | ||
| accommodating, accommodative helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" | ||
| cooperative done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; "a cooperative effort" | ||
| encouraging giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research" | ||
| utile, useful being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society" | ||
| accommodating helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" | ||
| adjuvant enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria" | ||
| assistive giving assistance | ||
| face-saving maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise" | ||
| facilitative freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure" | ||
| facilitatory inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity | ||
| implemental, instrumental, subservient serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" | ||
| laborsaving, laboursaving designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines" | ||
| ministrant giving practical help to; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician" | ||
| reformative, reformatory tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" | ||
| right-hand most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man" | ||
| stabilising, stabilizing causing to become stable; "the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society" | ||
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- helpful (Adjective)
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- helpful (a.)
Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
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helpful
Providing assistance or serving a useful function.
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