Synonyms for supportive

Most common

supporting · encouraging · confirmative · corroboratory · supportful · hortative

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Adjective

Antonyms

unsupportive, derisive, harassive

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Providing support.

   I had a very supportive coach who helped me.

Example sentences

• supporting Supporting his family was a great burden for him.
• encouraging Tom keeps encouraging Mary to do things on her own.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters

auxiliary⁴, hortative

10 letters

supporting³, supportful

11 letters

encouraging⁴

12 letters

confirmatory⁵, confirmative

13 letters

corroborative⁵, corroboratory

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (auxiliary⁴ = 4 syllables).