Synonyms for helpful
- adjective
Most common
useful friendly beneficial accommodating convenient handy constructive obliging
All synonyms
Adjective
useful, beneficial, friendly, accommodating, handy, obliging, conducive, convenient, constructive, serviceable, instrumental, favorable US, favourable UK, sweet, advantageous, subservient, salutary, charitable, auxiliary, adjuvant formal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Furnishing help; gives aid; useful.
Example sentences
- useful Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
- friendly My boyfriend is smart, handsome, and friendly too.
- beneficial Red wine is beneficial, its secret lies in dosing.
- accommodating The trick to playing Tetris well is maintaining a flat and accommodating board.
- convenient Come and see me whenever it is convenient for you.
- handy My hands come in handy when I have no other tools.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| helpful | steady | |
| useful | steady | |
| friendly | rising | |
| beneficial | steady | |
| accommodating | rising | |
| convenient | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sweet1, handy2
- 6 letters
- useful2
- 8 letters
- friendly2, obliging3, adjuvant, salutary4
- 9 letters
- favorable4, auxiliary4, conducive3
- 10 letters
- convenient3, beneficial4, charitable4, favourable
- 11 letters
- serviceable4, subservient4
- 12 letters
- instrumental4, constructive3, advantageous4
- 13 letters
- accommodating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (handy2 = 2 syllables).