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- [help-fuh l]
- /ˈhɛlp fəl/
- /ˈhelpfəlnəs/
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- [help-fuh l]
- /ˈhɛlp fəl/
Definitions of helpfulness word
- adjective helpfulness giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful. 1
- noun helpfulness The quality of being helpful. 1
- noun helpfulness willingness or ability to help 1
- noun helpfulness usefulness 1
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Origin of helpfulness
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at help, -ful
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Parts of speech for Helpfulness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
helpfulness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for helpfulness
noun helpfulness
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- convenience — If something is done for your convenience, it is done in a way that is useful or suitable for you.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- usefulness — being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
- effectiveness — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
Antonyms for helpfulness
noun helpfulness
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- uselessness — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
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