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Assistive

/əˈsɪstɪv/

Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability

📖 Definitions of "Assistive"

adjective

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Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
helpful	Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
helpful	Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
ancillary	Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
operational	Functioning and ready for use.
supplementary	Additional; added to supply what is wanted.
accessibilitynoun	The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
operable	Able to be operated or used.
auxiliary	Helping; giving assistance or support.
functioning	functional, working
complementary	Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
helpverb	(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
aidnoun	(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
assistancenoun	Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
functional	Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
supportingverb	That supports.
compensationnoun	The act or principle of compensating.
supportive	Providing support.
substantive	Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
supportnoun	(transitive) To help keep from falling.
relief	(of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
aids	(slang, vulgar) Extremely annoying or frustrating.