Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Providing assistance; useful.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Furnishing help; serviceable; useful; beneficial.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. providing assistance or serving a useful function
Etymologies
- help + -ful (Wiktionary)
Examples
“helpful visitors 'yahooBuzzArticleHeadline ='" helpful visitors\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Once the companies left with the good jobs: the American worker, now is forced to seek the jobs that have always been left to our \'helpful visitors\'.”
“It is true that many people diagnosed with a so-called "mental illness" find the label helpful, allowing them to see their difficulties on a par with a physical illness, to be recognised and treated.”
“BEIJING (Reuters) - China's push to reduce growing greenhouse gas pollution is impressive but the "juggernaut" nonetheless faces a daunting rise in emissions, the top U.S. climate change envoy said after what he called helpful talks.”
“Sometimes the best way to be "helpful" is just to BACK OFF.”
“No need to even bring up WWII … what would be helpful is if reporters studied what Spain and the UK have done since they were attacked much as we were .. to my knowledge they havent created GTMOs and waterboarding …”
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“Also helpful is having a professional and personal network you can tap, and the discipline that comes with working in a business with deadlines and rules.”
“Might come in helpful on some of those trail jobs after a 500 yard shot.”
“I recommend reading The Passion Test for some excellent anecdotes about how people followed their passions and event unfolded in helpful ways.”
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“And especially helpful is the chapter about how to capitalize on future credit card trends.”
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“One thing I find helpful is to consult available experts.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘helpful’.
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Adjectives 2
Conditions
better, alive, important, wrong, vast, tender, shy, rich, mushy, odd, helpful, gifted and 8 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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Descriptive
The present, the future. Goals, wishes, hopes.
capricious, sericeous, sleek, flawless, charming, skilled, long-haired, versatile, beautiful, witty, fair, thin and 145 more...
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Beknownst1981's list
I love words, especially the ones I make up with my friends.
translucent meat ..., beknownst (knew), plethora, curmudgeon, wanderlust, actually, differentiate, bearded, hobbit feet, female, sexy time, librarian and 220 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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-ful
full of; having qualities of; having ability to
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eye-ful(l)
eyeful, I-ful, i beamful, eifel
reckful, soulful, awful, aweful, presentful, nowful, mindful, zestful, apful, fruitful, tankful, thankful and 62 more...
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Discriptive Adjectives
logo design descriptive words
clever, distinct, curious, easy, different, helpful, Imaginative, inspiring, diverse, unique, friendly, inquisitive and 29 more...
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