7
subservient(adjective, support, characteristic, spare, collateral)
7
trusting(adjective, person, friendly)
7
unreserved(adjective, person, friendly)
6
sensitive(adjective, feeling, understanding, kind, warm)
6
abetting(adjective, support, characteristic, spare, auxiliary)
6
appreciative(adjective, understanding, enthusiastic, sympathetic, considerate)
6
assistant(adjective, support, characteristic, help, spare)
6
complementary(adjective, support, characteristic, spare, auxiliary)
5
advantageous(adjective, useful, beneficial)
5
favorable(adjective, friendly, enthusiastic, useful, positive)
5
useful(adjective, helpful, beneficial, advantageous, obliging)
4
comforting(adjective, understanding, sympathetic, compassionate, cheering)
4
confirmatory(adjective, collateral, subsidiary, subservient, subalternate)
4
confirming
4
constructive(adjective, useful, beneficial, advantageous)
4
cooperative(adjective, enthusiastic, useful, helpful, positive)
4
enlightened(enthusiastic, sympathetic, positive, approving)
4
obliging(adjective, helpful)
3
affirmative(adjective, good, friendly, agreeable, sympathetic)
3
approving(adjective, good, friendly, agreeable, enthusiastic)
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