supportive.

Offering assistance, encouragement, or backing to someone or something.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• supportive environment
• supportive evidence

On the page

The results were supportive of the narrower interpretation.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Comparative more supportive; superlative most supportive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.