conducive
conducive
adjectiveDefinition of CONDUCIVE
1
tending to promote or assist the development of something <the claim that the state's long-standing antitax attitude is conducive to entrepreneurship>
Synonyms facilitative
Near Antonyms bad, damaging, deleterious, disadvantageous, harmful, injurious, unfavorable, unhelpful
2
providing service or assistance <the noisy environment of the dorms was not very conducive to studying>
Related Words advantageous, beneficial, efficacious, favorable, productive, profitable, salutary; accommodating, obliging
Near Antonyms ineffective, ineffectual; adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, profitless, unfavorable
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