constructive
adjective /kənˈstrʌk.tɪv/Definition
C1 If advice, criticism, or actions are constructive, they are useful and intended to help or improve something: She criticized my writing, but in a way that was very constructive. If you don't have anything constructive to say, I'd rather you kept quiet.Useful or advantageous constructively /-li/ adverb Useful or advantageous
(Definition of constructive adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous adjective
- all-singing adjective
- amiss adjective
- expedience noun
- expedient adjective
- favourable adjective
- fecund adjective
- fodder noun (USEFUL PEOPLE/THINGS)
- foil noun (COMPARISON)
- pay dirt noun
- practicality noun (SUITABLE)
- preferential adjective
- productive adjective
- profitable adjective
- viable adjective
- wholesome adjective
- win-win adjective
- worthwhile adjective
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