| Main Entry: | supportive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | auxiliary |
Synonyms: |
abetting, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, backup*, collateral, complementary, contributory, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting |
| Main Entry: | appreciative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understanding, recognizing worth |
Synonyms: |
admiring, affectionate, alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, considerate, cooperative, cordial, enlightened, enthusiastic, favorable, friendly, generous, keen, kindly, knowledgeable, magnanimous, mindful, perceptive, pleased, receptive, regardful, respectful, responsive, satisfied, sensitive, supportive, sympathetic, understanding |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, neglectful |
| Main Entry: | cooperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | helpful |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, companionable, obliging, responsive, sociable, supportive, useful |
| Notes: | a co-op/cooperative is a multiunit building that a corporation owns and leases units to its owners; a condo/condominium is a multiunit building with units owned by individuals |
Antonyms: |
disobliging, encumbering, hindering, hurting, preventing, uncooperative, unhelpful, unsupportive |
| Main Entry: | favorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approving, friendly |
Synonyms: |
acclamatory, affirmative, agreeable, amicable, approbative, approbatory, assenting, benevolent, benign, benignant, commending, complimentary, encouraging, enthusiastic, in favor of, inclined, kind, kindly, laudatory, okay, positive, praiseful, predisposed, reassuring, recommendatory, supportive, sympathetic, understanding, welcoming, well-disposed, well-intentioned |
Antonyms: |
bad, disagreeable, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | helpful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, beneficent |
Synonyms: |
accessible, accommodating, advantageous, applicable, benevolent, bettering, caring, conducive, considerate, constructive, contributive, convenient, cooperative, crucial, effectual, efficacious, essential, favorable, fortunate, friendly, good for, important, improving, instrumental, invaluable, kind, neighborly, operative, practical, pragmatic, productive, profitable, serendipitous, serviceable, significant, suitable, supportive, symbiotic, sympathetic, timely, usable, useful, utilitarian, valuable |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unconstructive, unhelpful, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | parental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having the quality or nature of a parent |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, benevolent, benign, caring, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, matriarchal, motherly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, sheltering, supportive, tender, warm, watchful |
| Main Entry: | sympathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, feeling |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, all heart, appreciating, benign, benignant, caring, commiserating, compassionate, comprehending, condoling, considerate, having heart in right place, interested, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loving, pitying, responsive, sensitive, soft, softhearted, supportive, sympathizing, tender, thoughtful, understanding, vicarious, warm, warmhearted |
Antonyms: |
callous, merciless, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | encouraging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright |
Synonyms: |
hopeful, promising, reassuring, supportive |
| Main Entry: | fatherly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | parently |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender |
Antonyms: |
maternally, motherly |
| Main Entry: | fatherlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatherly |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, parental, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender |