adj
Meaning 1
Providing support.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I had a very supportive coach who helped me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unsupportive
Standard Lemma guide
supportive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /səˈpɔɹtɪv/
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Received-Pronunciation: /səˈpɔːtɪv/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/səˈpo(ː)ɹtɪv/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/səˈpoətɪv/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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CMU ARPABET: S AH0 P AO1 R T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
furnishing support or assistance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a supportive family network
- his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unsupportive
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English support Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English supportive From support + -ive.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese: 支持的 — providing support
- Dutch: ondersteunend — providing support
- Dutch: behulpzaam — providing support
- Esperanto: helpema — providing support
- Finnish: kannustava — providing support
- Finnish: tukea antava — providing support
- Finnish: valmis tukemaan — providing support
- French: d'un grand soutien — providing support
- German: unterstützend — providing support
- German: stützend — providing support
- German: förderlich — providing support
- Hebrew: תומך — providing support
- Hebrew: תומכת — providing support
- Irish: coinneálach — providing support
- Italian: collaborativo — providing support
- Māori: taupuhipuhi — providing support
- Polish: wspierający — providing support
- Russian: благоскло́нный (blagosklónnyj) — providing support
- Russian: благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj) — providing support
- Russian: забо́тливый (zabótlivyj) — providing support
- Russian: подде́рживающий (poddérživajuščij) — providing support
- Spanish: alentador — providing support
- Spanish: de apoyo — providing support
- Swedish: stöttande — providing support
Real reading context