supportive

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

supportive

/səˈpɔɹtɪv/ US
/səˈpɔːtɪv/ UK
/səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪv/
/səˈpoətɪv/

adjective more supportive · most supportive

Providing support. I had a very supportive coach who helped me.
Similar: supportful · Opposite: unsupportive

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adjuvant, auxiliary, corroboratory, corroborative, confirmative, appurtenant, confirmatory, validatory, confirming, subsidiary, verificatory, ancillary, certificatory, encouraging, substantiative, accessory

Translations

Every language

adj providing support

Español	alentador, de apoyo
Français	d'un grand soutien
Deutsch	unterstützend, stützend, förderlich
Italiano	collaborativo
Русский	благоскло́нный blagosklónnyj, благоприя́тный blagoprijátnyj, забо́тливый zabótlivyj, подде́рживающий poddérživajuščij
עברית	תומך, תומכת

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"supportive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/supportive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

supportive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/supportive

Chicago

"supportive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/supportive.

BibTeX

@misc{supportive_2026,
  title = {supportive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supportive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}