supportive

supportive
Synonyms and related words:
assuring, auspicious, bearing, bolstering, bracing, bright with promise, burdened, buttressing, carrying, cheering, comforting, condolatory, condolent, condoling, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, consolatory, consoling, corroborating, corroborative, corroboratory, encouraging, favorable, full of promise, heartening, helpful, holding, hospitable, inspiring, inspiriting, looking up, maintaining, of good comfort, of promise, pregnant of good, promising, propitious, propping, reassuring, relieving, shoring, substantiating, supporting, suspensory, sustaining, sustentative, sympathetic, understanding, upholding, verificative, verifying

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