helpful

adjective

ˈhelp-fəl How to pronounce helpful (audio)
Definition of helpfulnext
1
as in useful
providing service or assistance a website that I've always found to be helpful for finding information on common medical problems

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as in beneficial
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being the teachers felt that it would be helpful to have more than one thesaurus in the classroom

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Recent Examples of helpful The meetups are particularly helpful for people who are new in town as a tool for making new friends, de la Mare adds. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct. 2026 The alerts could be especially helpful heading into Black Friday and the holiday shopping season. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Letting go of summer isn’t easy, but that just underscores how helpful rituals can be. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 OpenAI says both incidents were helpful in strengthening its security protocols, including better surfacing attempts by agents to disable misalignment monitoring during its own review process. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for helpful
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  1. useful
  2. beneficial
  3. favorable
  4. good
  5. friendly
Adjective
  • The technology could be particularly useful in situations where drones operate frequently or perform missions with limited time for detailed manual checks.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Every patient requires tumor analysis, target selection, manufacturing, and quality testing, all within a clinically useful timeframe.
    — Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of useful
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  • More broadly, the decoupling could be beneficial for the Nasdaq-100, with Apple potentially serving as a safety trade amid growing AI volatility.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • And the controversy, the Collins insider says, may turn out to be perversely beneficial.
    — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of beneficial
Adjective
  • The Michigan Senate contest is just one of the high-profile races where AIPAC has spent in favor of a pro-Israel politician or in opposition to someone the organization sees as less favorable to Israel.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Wedgewood polls tended to be about 1 percentage point more favorable for Democrats than other polls, according to Silver.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of favorable
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  • SpaceX shares jumped nearly 8% on Wednesday, their best single-session performance since August.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The two musicians are so good at aping the sounds they were raised on that originality and reference become one and the same.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of good
Adjective
  • Crucially, Muse—which comes with a cuddly avatar—was designed by Meta to be beginner-friendly, and to win over people unfamiliar with AI.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Scores from the law firm are calculated by analyzing the number of cyclist victims, change in victim rate and bicycle-friendly community recognition.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpful. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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