assistive

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/əˈsɪstɪv/

adjective

Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability

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helpful
OriginEnglish assist ← Middle English assisten ← Old French assister →
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Meanings

adjectiveassistive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableProviding or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability

    “The use of an assistive device should not only be considered in solely biomechanical terms,” the I.P.C. said in a statement.

    2008 January 18, Joshua Robinson, “Effect of Prosthetics Ruling Is Unclear”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivegiving assistance

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helpful
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helpful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  7. Proto-Italic*sistō
  8. Latinsistō
  9. Latinassistō
  10. Old Frenchassister
  11. Middle Englishassisten
  12. Englishassist
  13. Englishassistive

From assist + -ive.

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APA

assistive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistive

MLA

“assistive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assistive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistive.

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