helpful
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
Example
“a helpful clue”
Related words
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- nonhelpful
- overhelpful
- unhelpful
- unhelpfully
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "helpful".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “helpful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.