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supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer" |
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unsupportive not furnishing support or assistance
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positive having a positive charge; "protons are positive"
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accessory,
adjunct,
adjuvant,
ancillary,
appurtenant,
auxiliary furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
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accessary,
accessory aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"
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certificatory serving to certify or endorse authoritatively
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collateral,
confirmative,
confirmatory,
confirming,
corroborative,
corroboratory,
substantiating,
substantiative,
validating,
validatory,
verificatory,
verifying descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
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demonstrative of
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encouraging,
supporting giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
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