Synonyms for encouraging

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, exalt

Sense 3:

encourage
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make

Similarity of adj encouraging

2 senses of encouraging

Sense 1:

encouraging (vs. discouraging)
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatoryheartening, inspiritingpromotiverallying

Also See: helpful#1; hopeful#1; reassuring#1

Sense 2:

encouraging, supporting
supportive (vs. unsupportive)