Definition for Encouragement:

• The act of giving courage or confidence of success; incitement to action or to practice; that which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance.

Synonyms for Encouragement:

• n.

  •
  • animating,
  • heartening,
  • recognition,
  • supporting,
  • compliment,
  • cheering,
  • helping,
  • credit,
  • acclaim,
  • praise,
  • admiration,
  • regard,
  • respect,
  • backing,
  • urging.
  •
  • animation,
  • advance,
  • fortitude,
  • trust,
  • faith,
  • firmness,
  • reward,
  • confidence,
  • persuasion.
  •
  • cause.
  •advice (noun)
  • cue,
  • instruction,
  • direction,
  • tip,
  • intelligence,
  • hint,
  • caveat,
  • caution,
  • news,
  • suggestion,
  • information,
  • prompt,
  • guidance,
  • pointer,
  • recommendation,
  • briefing,
  • warning,
  • monition,
  • clue,
  • message.
  •aid (noun)
  • relief,
  • benefit,
  • help,
  • endowment,
  • assistance,
  • facilitation,
  • agency,
  • sustenance,
  • ministration,
  • Mothering,
  • avail,
  • service,
  • attendant.
  •authorization (noun)
  • sanction.
  •encouragement (noun)
  • boost.
  •help, support (noun)
  • enlivening,
  • easement,
  • reassuring,
  • inspiritment,
  • incitement.
  •motivation (noun)
  • impulsion.

• v.

  •leave (verb)
  • permission.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stimulation,
  • prompting.
  •
  • enticement,
  • impetus,
  • spur,
  • pressure,
  • nourishment,
  • sympathy,
  • stimulant.
  •
  • impulse,
  • fillip.
  •
  • prod.
  •
  • push.
  •Other relevant words:
  • chance,
  • reinforcement,
  • momentum,
  • consideration,
  • starting point,
  • flush,
  • sponsorship,
  • thrill,
  • suasion,
  • energy,
  • favour,
  • yeast,
  • interest,
  • innervation,
  • Abetting,
  • pressing,
  • education,
  • tingle,
  • charity,
  • delight,
  • press,
  • lure,
  • ammunition,
  • reinforcing,
  • dictate,
  • championship,
  • Aiding,
  • softness,
  • premium,
  • start,
  • pull,
  • euphoria,
  • break,
  • pat,
  • counsel,
  • maturation,
  • hurrah,
  • extension,
  • expansion,
  • attractiveness,
  • Boosting,
  • provocative,
  • nurture,
  • fortifying,
  • jog,
  • strengthening,
  • shot,
  • bringing up,
  • prodding,
  • breeding,
  • insistence,
  • nudge,
  • instance,
  • Seconding,
  • excitement,
  • advancement,
  • Assisting,
  • AID AND COMFORT,
  • motive,
  • attraction,
  • payment,
  • fostering,
  • broadening,
  • pricking,
  • cost increase,
  • Exhorting,
  • growth,
  • fosterage,
  • burgeoning,
  • Persuasibleness,
  • spread,
  • persuasiveness,
  • spurring,
  • encourage,
  • bump,
  • profit,
  • bait,
  • Emboldening,
  • inflammation,
  • influence,
  • poke,
  • goad,
  • rise,
  • goading,
  • sweetener,
  • development,
  • approval,
  • whet,
  • flattery,
  • thrust,
  • beginning,
  • drive,
  • Inciting,
  • elevation,
  • enlargement,
  • susceptibility,
  • temptation,
  • get help,
  • solacement,
  • increase,
  • agitation,
  • Attractability,
  • Impressibility,
  • improvement,
  • financing,
  • bourgeoning,
  • hike,
  • dig,
  • proposal,
  • persuasive,
  • stirring,
  • honeyed words,
  • elation,
  • endorsement,
  • elbow,
  • prop,
  • Persuasibility,
  • stimulating,
  • pep talk,
  • progress,
  • assurance,
  • succour,
  • upbringing,
  • Bolstering,
  • countenance,
  • percentage,
  • request,
  • goodwill,
  • sanctioning,
  • auspices,
  • evolution,
  • aegis,
  • mount,
  • jab,
  • guardianship,
  • course,
  • provocation,
  • lobbyism,
  • fomentation,
  • stimulative,
  • care,
  • Tantalization,
  • improving,
  • opportunity,
  • sweetening,
  • guide,
  • shove,
  • furtherance,
  • passion,
  • inspiring,
  • Sustaining,
  • stir,
  • needling,
  • developing,
  • condolence,
  • protection,
  • Promoting,
  • come on,
  • quickening,
  • ripening,
  • bribe,
  • urge,
  • amplification,
  • solace,
  • Nurturing,
  • tutelage,
  • backup,
  • inspiriting.

Paraphrases for Encouragement:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    courage.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tips, incitation, reinforcement.

• Other Related

  • Cardinal number
    encourage, encourages.
  • Adjective
    encouraging, incentive, encouraged.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Opportunities, encouraging, encourage, promotion, promotions, incentive, Incentives, stimulus, Promoting, incitement, fostering, encouraged, encourages.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    inducement, impetus, encouraging, inspiration, enticement, motivation, exhortation, fillip, momentum, furtherance, instigation, enthusiasm, encourage, backing, promotion, breath, comfort, impulse, incentive, excitement, stimulant, stimulus, spur, Promoting, incitement, fostering, assistance, encourages, provocation, reward, suggestion, motivator, invitation, spirit, aid, appreciation.
  • Adverb
    encouraging, encourage, encourages.
  • Verb, past tense
    fostering, encouraged.
  • Verb, past participle
    fostered, encouraged.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    encourage.
  • Verb, base form
    encourage, promotion, spur, encouraged.

Antonyms for Encouragement:

• n.

  • communication
    discouragement.
  • help, support
    distrust, hindrance, disbelief, impediment, injury, doubt, deterrent, annoyance, hurt, denunciation, derision, gloom.
  • Other antonyms:
    disincentive.

Homophones for Encouragement:

• encroachment, engrossment, engorgement.

Hypernym for Encouragement:

• n.

  • communication
    fostering, instigation, furtherance, vote of confidence, prod, goading, cheering, advancement, provocation, urging, incitement, spur, goad, shouting, spurring, abetment, Abettal, promotion, fosterage, prodding.

Hyponym for Encouragement:

• n.

  • communication
    commendation, approval.
  • feeling
    hope.