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conducive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of conducive

facilitative
Words Related to conducive

advantageous, beneficial, favorable, helpful, profitable, propitious, salutary
Near Antonyms of conducive

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
Synonyms of conducive

facilitative, helpful, useful
Words Related to conducive

advantageous, beneficial, efficacious, favorable, productive, profitable, salutary

accommodating, obliging
Near Antonyms of conducive

ineffective, ineffectual

adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, profitless, unfavorable
Antonyms of conducive

unhelpful, useless

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