Definition for Encourage:

• To give courage to or increase confidence of success; to inspire with courage, spirit, or strength of mind; to incite or stimulate.

Synonyms for Encourage:

• n.

  •
  • perk up.

• v.

  •advise (verb)
  • admonish,
  • direct,
  • notify,
  • brief,
  • instruct,
  • consult,
  • confer,
  • suggest,
  • caution,
  • cue,
  • counsel,
  • prompt,
  • warn,
  • recommend,
  • guide.
  •aid (verb)
  • endow,
  • relieve,
  • assist,
  • benefit,
  • tend,
  • fund,
  • support,
  • serve,
  • attend,
  • sustain,
  • mother,
  • motivate,
  • minister.
  •cheer (verb)
  • enliven,
  • gladden,
  • inspire,
  • lighten,
  • please,
  • buck up.
  •facilitate (verb)
  • expedite,
  • simplify.
  •give support; help (verb)
  • subsidize,
  • reinforce,
  • brace,
  • smile upon,
  • go for,
  • prevail,
  • back,
  • improve,
  • solace,
  • back up,
  • pat on the back,
  • bolster,
  • develop,
  • endorse,
  • succor,
  • sanction.
  •intensify (verb)
  • strengthen.
  •motivate (verb)
  • heave,
  • force,
  • magnetize,
  • impel,
  • lob,
  • prod,
  • fling,
  • hurl,
  • throw,
  • thrust,
  • shove,
  • jerk,
  • pitch,
  • jolt,
  • fire,
  • urge,
  • induce,
  • ferment,
  • entice,
  • hurtle,
  • catapult,
  • ram,
  • poke,
  • shoot,
  • sling,
  • propel,
  • energize,
  • bump,
  • jostle,
  • nudge,
  • launch,
  • strike,
  • punch,
  • jog,
  • move,
  • knock.
  •stimulate spiritually (verb)
  • excite,
  • buoy,
  • exhilarate,
  • galvanize,
  • applaud,
  • prop up,
  • praise,
  • psych up,
  • prick,
  • embolden,
  • sway,
  • refresh,
  • give shot in arm,
  • restore.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fortify,
  • plead,
  • rouse,
  • uplift,
  • lure,
  • convince,
  • unlock,
  • tempt,
  • involve,
  • lubricate,
  • allow.
  •
  • mobilize.
  •
  • appeal.
  •
  • commit.
  •
  • carry.
  •
  • lead.
  •
  • get.
  •approve
  • permit,
  • go along with,
  • get behind,
  • subscribe to.
  •arouse
  • inspirit.
  •back
  • side with,
  • stand behind.
  •back up
  • pull for.
  •cheer
  • RAH.
  •console
  • condole with.
  •egg on
  • stir up.
  •goad
  • spur.
  •promise
  • hold out hope,
  • give hope.
  •revitalize
  • revitalize.

Paraphrases for Encourage:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    encouraging.
  • Proper noun, singular
    encouraging.
  • Noun, plural
    encourages.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    encouraging.
  • Adverb
    encouraging.
  • Verb, base form
    exhort.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    foster, further.
  • Proper noun, singular
    hails, fuels, appeals, foster, promotion.
  • Noun, plural
    Opportunities, outcomes, fosters, Possibilities, makes, promotion.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    boost, promotion.
  • Adverb
    further.
  • Verb, past tense
    Nurtured, Created, Helped, helping, focused, started, Urged, fostered, facilitated, Promoting, foster, Promoted, promotion.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Engendering, contributing, Generating, motivating, Arousing, Bolstering, challenging, Sustaining, bringing, Cultivating, Fomenting, triggering, inducing, favoring, pushing, causing, spurring, Persuading, Instigating, inviting, Advocating, Recruiting, helping, cheering, enlisting, rewarding, prompting, instilling, guiding, Procuring, catalyzing, Mobilizing, nourishing, emphasizing, Aiming, pressing, catalysing, targeting, upgrading, retaining, practicing, Eliciting, fuelling, Fanning, directing, Influencing, Abetting, Soliciting, Aiding, drawing, calling, keeping, hooking, getting, Promoting, foster.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, motivate, inspire, contribute, instigate, recommend, endorse, push, generate, boost, help, discourage, call, ask, suggest, allow, benefit.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    enhances, contributes, motivates, inspires, furthers, attracts, benefits, advocates, demonstrates, instigates, helps, favors, procures, emphasizes, aims, allows, offers, Drives, aids, plans, takes, builds, fosters, makes, foster.
  • Verb, base form
    groups, Urged, links, lay, induce, motivate, inspire, incentivize, contribute, persuade, foster, engender, galvanise, invigorate, energize, animate, propel, provoke, cheer, instigate, convince, sustain, recommend, endorse, empower, Catalyse, arouse, push, generate, trigger, accelerate, boost, help, discourage, pursue, achieve, call, calls, spark, forge, ask, tempt, compel, reinvigorate, underpin, broaden, further, promotion, suggest, educate, allow, reward, kick-start, uphold, augment, introduce, stir, emphasize, heighten, ignite, sensitize, jump-start, benefit.

• Other Related

  • Cardinal number
    encourages, encouragement.
  • Adjective
    encourages, Promoting, encouraged, conducive, Promoted.
  • Proper noun, singular
    encourages, Promoting, encouraged, encouragement.
  • Noun, plural
    encouraged.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    encourages, Promoting, encouragement, stimulation.
  • Adverb
    encourages, encouragement.
  • Verb, past tense
    supported.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    enticing, Inciting, sponsoring, Assisting, accommodating.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    reinforce, encouragement.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    enables, nurtures, incites, assists.
  • Verb, base form
    spur, entice, bolster, embolden, reinforce, instill, encouragement, lure.

Antonyms for Encourage:

• v.

  • emotion
    discourage.
  • give support; help
    condemn, hinder, undermine, stop, disapprove, obstruct, ignore, impede, prevent, cease, reject, refuse, worsen, neglect, halt, decrease, protest, injure, thwart, oppose, disagree, worry.
  • stimulate spiritually
    annoy, deaden, trouble, sadden, confuse, dispirit, deject, depress, dull, agitate, repress, leave alone, uninspire, dishearten, dampen, block, hurt, deter, tire, dissuade, bore, upset.
  • Other antonyms:
    combat, PSYCH, confound, shackle, hobble, curb, mollify, hamstring, stifle, appease, denounce, check, arrest, debilitate, counteract, pacify, interdict, calm, weaken, fight, ban, placate, constrain, enfeeble, bar, soothe, snuff, expose, counter, interfere, tranquilize, baffle, disconcert, fetter, brake, contend, battle, manacle.

Homophones for Encourage:

• engorge, eminence grise, encroach, engross.

Hypernym for Encourage:

• v.

  • emotion
    embolden, cheer, spur, barrack, exhort, hearten, root on, goad, nurture, urge on, recreate, bring out, hollo, urge, foster, draw out, pep up, inspire.
  • social
    connive at, further, help, wink at, foster, conduce, spur, lead, contribute, feed, carry.

Hyponym for Encourage:

• v.

  • communication
    get, have, induce, make, stimulate, cause.
  • emotion
    enliven, inspire, exalt, invigorate, animate.
  • social
    back up, support.