helpful synonyms

helpful

modif.

  1. Useful

    valuable, important, significant, crucial, essential, cooperative, symbiotic, serviceable, invaluable, profitable, advantageous, favorable, convenient, suitable, practical, pragmatic, operative, effectual, efficacious, of use, usable, accessible, applicable, conducive, utilitarian, improving, bettering, of service, serendipitous, all-purpose, desirable, instrumental, contributive, good for, to one's advantage, at one's command; see also effective, necessary 1.

    Antonyms useless*, ineffective*, impractical. *

  2. Curative

    healthy, salutary, restorative; see healthful, remedial.

  3. Obliging

    accommodating, considerate, neighborly; see kind 1.

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