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supportive

/səˈpɔɹtɪv/adjective3 syllables

Supportive means: furnishing support or assistance.

Synonyms for supportive25

adjective, as in furnishing support or assistance

accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, accessary, certificatory, collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory
and 10 more, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, demonstrative of, encouraging, supporting, positive

also used for supportive

supportful

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Opposites of supportive

unsupportive

What does supportive mean?1

adjective

1

furnishing support or assistance“a supportive family network”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Supportive in a sentence

  • To those who have been supportive, thank you.CK
  • You're not supportive of anyone in this family?CM
  • I think you should be a little more supportive.CK
  • Her coworkers were supportive when she needed to take overtime leave.always
  • She dedicated her service award to her supportive team.always
  • The charity fundraiser took place under the auspices of a supportive community.always
  • A supportive family structure benefits all its members.Nuel
  • I'm sorry for not being more supportive when you needed me to be.CK

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