supportive

[ suh-pawr-tiv, -pohr- ]

adjective

1. giving support.
2. providing sympathy or encouragement:

   His family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer.

3. providing additional help, information, etc.; auxiliary:

   manufacturers of supportive materials.

4. Medicine/Medical. helping to maintain a normal physiological balance, as by the intravenous administration of required nutriment.

Other Words From

• sup·portive·ness noun
• nonsup·portive adjective
• unsup·portive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of supportive¹

First recorded in 1585–95; support + -ive

Example Sentences

And even housing with supportive services won’t be sufficient for them until they get treatment.

From Los Angeles Times

They should look to more long-term master leasing of apartment buildings and hotels for supportive housing.

From Los Angeles Times

And they should finance more than the typical 30% to 50% of affordable and supportive projects, which tends to leave developers spending years cobbling together the rest of the financing from other sources.

From Los Angeles Times

Of course, supportive housing — and just more housing writ large — is the ultimate solution to homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times

On the question of sexuality and same-sex unions, Mr Welby has had a complicated journey - shifting from a very conservative position to one where he was supportive of the measure that was eventually voted through to allow the blessing of same sex unions.

From BBC