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Encouraging — synonyms, encouraging antonyms, definition

1. encouraging (a)

19 synonyms
advantageous auspicious beneficial bright cheerful cheery enlivening exhilarating favourable hopeful inspiring likely lucky promising propitious rosy sanguine sparkling sunny

2. encouraging (Adjective)

1 synonym
supporting
1 antonym
discouraging
2 definitions

encouraging (Adjective) — Giving courage, confidence or hope. ex. "encouraging advances in medical research"

encouraging (Adjective) — Furnishing support and encouragement. ex. "the anxious child needs encouraging and accepting treatment from the teacher"

3. encouraging (Verb)

7 synonyms
advancing advocating boosting furthering promoting recommending urging
1 antonym
discouraging
4 definitions

encouraging (Verb) — Contribute to the progress or growth of. ex. "I am encouraging the use of computers in the classroom"

encouraging (Verb) — Inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to.

encouraging (Verb) — Spur on. ex. "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"

encouraging (Verb) — Push for something.

16 types of
advising animating backing up causing enlivening exalting getting having inducing inspiring invigorating making proposing stimulating suggesting supporting
27 types
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