helpful

[ help-fuhl ]

adjective

1. giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service:

   Your comments were very helpful.

   Synonyms: advantageous, beneficial, convenient, useful

   Antonyms: inconvenient, useless

helpful

/ ˈhɛlpfʊl /

adjective

1. serving a useful function; giving help

Derived Forms

• ˈhelpfulness, noun
• ˈhelpfully, adverb

Other Words From

• helpful·ly adverb
• helpful·ness noun
• over·helpful adjective
• over·helpful·ly adverb
• over·helpful·ness noun
• quasi-helpful adjective
• quasi-helpful·ly adverb
• un·helpful adjective
• un·helpful·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of helpful¹

First recorded in 1300–50; help + -ful

Example Sentences

Words such as “caring,” “high standards,” “confident” and “helpful” were attached to Roberts’ makeup.

From Los Angeles Times

So having little things like that that I could just hold on to that would help me pitch the performance in those moments was really, really helpful.

From Los Angeles Times

So as helpful as it was to be in that room, it was also equally helpful to go, “OK, well, this isn’t the environment necessarily that she found her solace in” and that’s why the rehab group, which is comprised of 10 to 12 different people who are actors who are in recovery themselves, that was the most enlightening experience.

From Los Angeles Times

This generic advice is helpful but does not go nearly far enough.

From Los Angeles Times

"It would break a range of Google products — even beyond Search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

From BBC

Related Words

• accessible
• advantageous
• applicable
• conducive
• constructive
• convenient
• cooperative
• crucial
• essential
• favorable
• friendly
• important
• invaluable
• practical
• productive
• profitable
• significant
• suitable
• supportive
• sympathetic