supportive

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adjective

Providing support.

“I had a very supportive coach who helped me.”

Opposite
CommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivesupportive (comparative more supportive, superlative most supportive)

comparative more supportive · superlative most supportive

  1. Providing support.

    I had a very supportive coach who helped me.

    1 more example

    But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking.

    2023 February 22, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: A farewell to micro-management”, in RAIL, number 977, page 3

    Synonyms: supportful · Antonyms: unsupportive

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveProviding support.

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Translations

Dutch ondersteunend, behulpzaam
  • ondersteunendproviding support
  • behulpzaamproviding support
Esperanto helpema
  • helpemaproviding support
Finnish kannustava, tukea antava
  • kannustavaproviding support
  • tukea antavaproviding support
  • valmis tukemaanproviding support
French d'un grand soutien
  • d'un grand soutienproviding support
German unterstützend, stützend
  • unterstützendproviding support
  • stützendproviding support
  • förderlichproviding support
Hebrew תומך, תומכת
  • תומךproviding support
  • תומכתproviding support
Irish coinneálach
  • coinneálachproviding support
Italian collaborativo
  • collaborativoproviding support
Māori taupuhipuhi
  • taupuhipuhiproviding support
Polish wspierający
  • wspierającyproviding support
Russian благоскло́нный, благоприя́тный
  • благоскло́нный (blagosklónnyj)providing support
  • благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj)providing support
  • забо́тливый (zabótlivyj)providing support
  • подде́рживающий (poddérživajuščij)providing support
Spanish alentador, de apoyo
  • alentadorproviding support
  • de apoyoproviding support
Swedish stöttande
  • stöttandeproviding support
Cite this entry
APA

supportive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supportive

MLA

“supportive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supportive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supportive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supportive.

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