Meaning & use
supportive
Providing encouragement, help, or emotional strength to someone.
See it in a sentence
Her family was incredibly supportive while she trained for the marathon.
A supportive manager can make a huge difference during a stressful project.
A note on using this word
Supportive usually describes people or environments; 'supported' instead describes something being physically or financially held up.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
unsupportivediscouraging
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