Synonyms: supportive
Definition: furnishing support or assistance
Usage: a supportive family network; his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer
Similar words: auxiliary, ancillary, accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant
Definition: furnishing added support
Usage: an ancillary pump; an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism; The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
Similar words: accessary, accessory
Definition: aiding and abetting in a crime
Usage: he was charged with being accessory to the crime
Similar words: certificatory
Definition: serving to certify or endorse authoritatively
Similar words: collateral, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, substantiating, substantiative, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory
Definition: serving to support or corroborate
Usage: collateral evidence
Similar words: demonstrative of
Definition: serving to prove or demonstrate
Usage: the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject- John Marshall
Similar words: supporting, encouraging
Definition: furnishing support and encouragement
Usage: the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher