helpful

[ help-fuhl ]

/ ˈhɛlp fəl /

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adjective

giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.

OTHER WORDS FOR helpful

useful, convenient; beneficial, advantageous.

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OPPOSITES FOR helpful

useless, inconvenient.

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Origin of helpful

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at help, -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM helpful

help·ful·ly, adverbhelp·ful·ness, nouno·ver·help·ful, adjectiveo·ver·help·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·help·ful·ness, nounquasi-helpful, adjectivequa·si-help·ful·ly, adverbun·help·ful, adjectiveun·help·ful·ly, adverb

How to use helpful in a sentence

This interventional treatment will be particularly helpful in nursing homes.
This New COVID-19 Treatment Could Also Bend Antitrust Norms|Charu Kasturi|August 19, 2020|Ozy
With such helpful data, customer match designs and presents the best ads to the most interested customers.
How to use in-market audiences for better search campaigns|Harikrishna Kundariya|August 18, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Search insights can be helpful here as you try to navigate the new market.
SEO in the second half of 2020: Five search opportunities to act on now|Jim Yu|August 17, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Having a better idea of where your leads are coming from and what keywords they are using to land on your website can be extremely helpful.
How AI can supercharge performance marketing|Tereza Litsa|August 12, 2020|Search Engine Watch

Before this, I never really considered it … and I think it has been very helpful.
The (Deferred) Class of 2020|Sandya Kola|August 9, 2020|Ozy
The helpfulness of the Dutch points to one of the darkest statistics of the war.
Anne Frank’s Amsterdam|Russell Shorto|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Some people radiate sympathy and helpfulness and inspiration.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4)|W. Grant Hague
Their spirit of mutual helpfulness saved them from padrone, "banker," and Black Hand.
The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross
The spirit of helpfulness and curiosity to know what had happened set wings on the heels of the little community.
The Landloper|Holman Day
But, with sailor's fraternal spirit of helpfulness he sat down and went into the details of all the Montana's few whims.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
The greed for gold which grasps and over-reaches, becomes ashamed, or changes to neighborly helpfulness.
Sevenoaks|J. G. Holland

British Dictionary definitions for helpful

helpful

/ (ˈhɛlpfʊl) /

adjective

serving a useful function; giving help

Derived forms of helpful

helpfully, adverbhelpfulness, noun

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