conducive

Language: en

🇺🇸 /kəˈnduːsɪv/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible; tending to promote or assist something.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more conducive Superlative: most conducive

Collocations

conducive toconducive to learningconducive to growthconducive to successconducive to health

Derivatives

conduceconduciveness

Synonyms

favorablebeneficialadvantageoushelpfulpropitious

Antonyms

detrimentalharmfulunfavorableadverse

Commonly confused

conduce
EN: 'Conduce' is the verb meaning to help bring about a result; 'conducive' is the adjective describing something that makes a result likely.
productive
EN: 'Productive' means yielding results or output; 'conducive' means creating conditions that make something possible or likely.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'conducive' is almost always followed by 'to' (not 'for' or 'of'): 'conducive to success,' not 'conducive for success.'

💬 Examples

  1. A quiet environment is conducive to studying.