Synonyms of supportive

supportive

adjective

as in supporting

serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something

the jimmied window latch is supportive of the theory that there was forced entry into the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supporting
• confirming
• confirmational
• substantiating
• verifying
• supplementary
• corroborative
• confirmatory
• corroborating
• probative
• corroboratory
• vindicating
• beneficial
• auxiliary
• helpful
• probatory

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contradictory
• opposing
• refuting
• counter
• contrary
• disproving
• confuting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of supportive

That’s City Controller Kenneth Mejia, an incumbent who earned more votes than Bass, Raman or then-candidate Spencer Pratt, and who’s supportive of Raman’s approach to the city budget. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Ahead of the ruling, Chuck Hatfield, an attorney for the referendum campaign, pointed to the fact that the lawsuit included plaintiffs and defendants who were both supportive of the gerrymandered map. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

Mothers of young children everywhere should put their supportive efforts into reaching out to their families, friends and communities, creating cooperative groups that can offer help to struggling parents. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Some leaders create highly supportive environments but hesitate to confront underperformance. — Michael Corvini, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

His wife is an eternally supportive angel whose sole desire is to see Tenzing happy, their children are much the same, and the relationships between all of them are perfectly happy and perfectly nonspecific. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

The supportive pair smiled big for Joel in matching black dresses and tights. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 8 Sep. 2026

In a large vessel, build a supportive base of sasanqua stems and nandina branches. — James T. Farmer, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2026

And what's frustrating to me in this race is that my opponent has been fully supportive of these tariffs. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026