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constructive

/kənˈstɹʌktɪv/
adjective
  1. Relating to or causing construction.

  2. Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.

  3. Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.

Synonymsproductive
Antonymsdestructive, destructive

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