Antonyms for helpful
ˈhɛlp fəlhelp·ful

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1. helpful

   Antonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. helpfuladjective

   providing assistance or serving a useful function

   Antonyms:
   unconstructive, unaccommodating, unhelpful

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. helpfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   assistant, conducive, instrumental, useful, salutary

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. panned

   panned is being criticized

   Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

How to use helpful in a sentence?

1. Fred Sainz:

   While perhaps political, the `evolution' narrative he used was helpful, that journey was one that resonated with many Americans as they went on their own journeys toward greater acceptance.

2. Roger Goodell:

   Obviously, these are serious charges. Deshaun Watson're looking at this seriously, deshaun Watson now have obviously at least resolution from the criminal side of it. Obviously there are still civil charges that are going on. So Deshaun Watson investigators hopefully will have access to more information, and that will be helpful obviously in getting to the conclusion of what are the facts and was there a violation of the personal-conduct policy.

3. Charlie Dai:

   This move is definitely helpful for Huawei.

4. Joseph Dunford:

   Is there a possibility -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan've heard the political rhetoric -- that Turkey could move into northeast Syria ? There is that possibility. I don't believe that that would be helpful to our mutual interests, and I think that's why we're so focused on finding an acceptable way to address Turkey's concerns and at the same time maintain campaign continuity against ISIS in northeast Syria.

5. Joe Bidens:

   The truth is, the majority of the American people agree with the Hyde Amendment, OK ? so the idea that this would be helpful to change is not accurate in terms of being able to win an election.

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