Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb encourage
Sense 1:
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
support, back up
Sense 2:
encourage
inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exaltSense 3:
encourage
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, makeSimilarity of adj encouraging
2 senses of encouraging
Sense 1:
encouraging (vs. discouraging)
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatoryheartening, inspiritingpromotiverallyingAlso See: helpful#1; hopeful#1; reassuring#1
Sense 2:
encouraging, supporting
supportive (vs. unsupportive)
