supportive

Questions about supportive

What does supportive mean?

supportive means "furnishing support or assistance".

How many syllables are in supportive?

supportive has 3 syllables: sup-por-tive. The stress falls on "por". In IPA it is /səˈpɔɹtɪv/.

What is the opposite of supportive?

The recorded antonyms are unsupportive.

Is supportive a common word?

supportive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.