supportive
giving support.
providing sympathy or encouragement: His family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer.
providing additional help, information, etc.; auxiliary: manufacturers of supportive materials.
Medicine/Medical. helping to maintain a normal physiological balance, as by the intravenous administration of required nutriment.
Origin of supportive
1Other words from supportive
- sup·port·ive·ness, noun
- non·sup·port·ive, adjective
- un·sup·port·ive, adjective
Words Nearby supportive
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How to use supportive in a sentence
Sometimes when people who look like us are not showing up in ways that we think are supportive and nurturing, it’s because they are exhausted themselves … And so what I would remind my younger self is that you never know who’s watching.
My spouse is an actively engaged parent and supportive partner.
Why working moms deserve a tantrum (and how to survive the remainder of the pandemic) | Christine Koh | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostAnd, we have a very, very supportive community that we love and appreciate so much.
How One Instagram Post Inspired Diners From Around the World to Donate Restaurant Meals | Amanda Kludt | January 27, 2021 | EaterNow, the post is flooded with supportive messages, photos of other health care workers getting their shot, and praise for the good example set, burying the anti-vaxx comments and attacks.
Why Fights Over The COVID-19 Vaccine Are Everywhere On Facebook | Kaleigh Rogers | January 22, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight“We believe that practical skills training, a supportive global community and career development programs can give everyone, regardless of their education or employment history, the ability to write their stories through technology,” said Quiñones.
Miami-based Ironhack raises $20 million for its coding bootcamps as demand for coders continues | Jonathan Shieber | January 20, 2021 | TechCrunch
Yes, some people have been inconvenienced by traffic delays or annoyed by supportive athletes.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face? | Goldie Taylor | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the scene outside Woodhull Hospital wasn't entirely supportive.
“He is ‘an independent socialist,’” said one organizer supportive of Warren.
Why the Left Loves Warren, But Won’t Swoon for Sanders | David Freedlander | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), a leading voice on police demilitarization, was supportive of the White House announcement.
SWAT Lobby Shoots to Kill Police Reform After Ferguson | Tim Mak | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany historians have leveled criticism at the Code, arguing that it was too conservative and supportive of the bourgeois.
This may in part be due to the nature of the insulating and supportive apparatus.
The police and courts should have well-established and mutually supportive relationships with the schools.
What Works: Schools Without Drugs | United States Department of EducationThe supportive appliance is kept in position for ten days or two weeks.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIt is tough on criminals and supportive of police, and it has been languishing in these hallowed halls for years now.
Some may be conducting fibrils, but it is hard to distinguish these from supportive.
British Dictionary definitions for supportive
/ (səˈpɔːtɪv) /
providing support, esp moral or emotional support
Derived forms of supportive
- supportively, adverb
- supportiveness, noun
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