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supportive

adjective
USsuh-POR-tiv/səˈpɔɹtɪv/UKsuh-PAW-tiv/səˈpɔːtɪv/

1 meaning of supportive

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Giving help, encouragement, or emotional backing to a person, group, or cause.

    The coach stayed supportive even when the team kept losing games.

    She found her colleagues remarkably supportive throughout the difficult merger.

    Similarencouraging, helpful, understanding, sympathetic, caring

    Oppositeunsupportive

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Origin

Formed from "support" combined with the suffix "-ive".