helpful
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- useful, advantageous, beneficial, constructive, practical, profitable, timely
- cooperative, accommodating, considerate, friendly, kind, neighbourly, supportive, sympathetic

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Antonyms: unhelpful
Contrasted words: timeserving, uncooperative, unreliable, impractical, ineffectual
Related Words: beneficial, effective, profitable, salutary, usable, constructive, practical, useful

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English Thesaurus: useful, handy, helpful, of use, worthwhile, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

help‧ful S2 W3 /ˈhelpfəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: help, helper, helpfulness ≠ unhelpfulness, helping, helplessness; adverb: helpfully ≠ unhelpfully, helplessly; adjective: helpful ≠ unhelpful, helpless; verb: help]

1. providing useful help in making a situation better or easier:
Thank you for your advice; it’s been very helpful.
it is helpful (for somebody) to do something
It is helpful to discuss your problems with your friends.
It is helpful for family members to gain a basic understanding of the illness.
It is helpful if we address a few key questions here.
helpful in doing something
We hope this leaflet has been helpful in answering your questions.
helpful advice/hints/suggestions etc
Our sales staff are there to give you helpful advice.

2. always willing to help people:
She’s a helpful child.
I’m only trying to be helpful.
—helpfully adverb
—helpfulness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

helpful
adj.
VERBS be, prove | consider sth, find sb/sth
ADV. enormously, especially, extremely, immensely, most, particularly, really, unusually, very Thank you, you have been most helpful.
not at all, not particularly Demanding peace short of victory would not be at all helpful.
fairly, quite | immediately indulging in ambitious, but not immediately helpful plans
generally, usually | always, invariably
PREP. for This information would be extremely helpful for teenagers.
in Graphs are helpful in presenting the information.
on He was quite helpful on how to do the accounts.
to The lifts will be helpful to the older patients.
PHRASES friendly and helpful I found all the staff friendly and helpful.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

useful something that is useful makes it easier for you to do something:
He gave me some useful advice.
a useful thing to know
handy informal useful – used especially about something that is convenient and easy to use:
a handy little booklet
The book is full of handy hints.
I always keep old jars – you never know when they might come in handy (=be useful).
helpful useful because it helps you to do something:
This drug can be helpful in treating depression.
helpful advice
helpful suggestions
of use [not before noun] if someone or something is of use, they are useful for you when you are doing something:
I hope you’ll find the book of use.
He wants to be of use.
worthwhile if doing something is worthwhile, it is useful for you and you benefit from doing it:
The training was certainly worthwhile.
a worthwhile experience
It is worthwhile to start by asking ourselves why people get involved in crime.
valuable very useful in helping you do something:
His information was very valuable to the police.
The course was a valuable experience for me.
a valuable contribution
invaluable extremely useful in helping you do something:
His help was invaluable.
The drug could be invaluable for treating cancer patients.
an invaluable experience
indispensable someone or something that is indispensable is so useful and important that you cannot do something without them:
For walkers, a good compass is indispensable.
He became an indispensable part of the team.
an indispensable guide to travelling in Italy
be great for something informal to be very useful for doing something:
The bag is great for taking on holiday.

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