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:

• interj.

  •hurrah (interjection)
  • yay,
  • Huzzaing,
  • yippee,
  • rah-rah,
  • huzzas,
  • hip-hip,
  • whoopee,
  • Huzza,
  • Huzzaed,
  • three cheers,
  • rahrah.

• n.

  •
  • brownie points,
  • supporting,
  • admiration,
  • regard,
  • acclaim,
  • praise,
  • urging,
  • credit,
  • a pat on the back,
  • cheering,
  • compliment,
  • recognition,
  • animating,
  • heartening,
  • respect,
  • helping,
  • backing.
  •
  • 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.
  •advocacy (noun)
  • pleading fors,
  • campaigning fors,
  • de-fenses,
  • up holding,
  • up holdings,
  • up-holdings,
  • de fenses,
  • upholdings,
  • up-holding,
  • championings.
  •aid (noun)
  • relief,
  • benefit,
  • help,
  • endowment,
  • assistance,
  • facilitation,
  • agency,
  • sustenance,
  • ministration,
  • Mothering,
  • avail,
  • service,
  • attendant.
  •authorization (noun)
  • sanction.
  •behalf (noun)
  • pro fit,
  • pro fits,
  • re presentation,
  • pro-fits,
  • pro-fit,
  • re-presentations,
  • re presentations.
  •boost (noun)
  • boost.
  •cheer (noun)
  • hopefulness,
  • plaudits,
  • Cheeriness,
  • merry-making,
  • hurray,
  • huzzah,
  • exuberance,
  • jauntiness,
  • joyousness,
  • merriments,
  • good cheer.
  •cheerfulness (noun)
  • Light-heartedness.
  •come-on (noun)
  • come-on.
  •comfort (noun)
  • secour.
  •commendation (noun)
  • pat head,
  • good opinions,
  • pumping ups,
  • strokings,
  • pat the head.
  •communication (noun)
  • encouragement.
  •cultivation (noun)
  • fosterings.
  •exhortation (noun)
  • enjoinder,
  • Sermons.
  •favor (noun)
  • re gards,
  • obligements,
  • pre-sents,
  • re spect,
  • re spects,
  • re-spect,
  • pre-sent,
  • re-spects,
  • re-gard,
  • pre sent.
  •fuel (noun)
  • propellant,
  • food,
  • combustibles,
  • propellants,
  • Foods.
  •help, support (noun)
  • shot in the arm,
  • invigoration,
  • succor,
  • incitement,
  • Relieving,
  • consoling,
  • inspiritment,
  • easement,
  • reassuring,
  • refreshment,
  • helpfulness,
  • softening,
  • Solacing,
  • enlivening.
  •participation (noun)
  • taking part,
  • joining in.
  •pat on the back (noun)
  • pat the back,
  • congratses,
  • pat-back,
  • pat back.
  •patronage (noun)
  • Patronization,
  • guardianship.
  •promise (noun)
  • good omen.
  •promotion (noun)
  • jump ups,
  • pre-ferment,
  • up grades,
  • pro-motions,
  • pro-motion,
  • up grading,
  • step ups,
  • favorings,
  • prelations,
  • move ups,
  • up-grades,
  • up grade,
  • pro motion,
  • up-grading,
  • pro motions,
  • goahead,
  • pre-ferments,
  • pre ferment,
  • pre ferments.
  •sanction (noun)
  • seal approval,
  • sufferances,
  • stamp approval.
  •stimulus (noun)
  • eyeopeners,
  • turnon,
  • piquings,
  • turn ons,
  • turnons,
  • eyeopener.
  •support (noun)
  • moral support.
  •sympathy (noun)
  • under standings,
  • under-standing,
  • under-standings,
  • under standing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prompting,
  • send off,
  • stimulation.
  •
  • enticement,
  • pressure,
  • sympathy,
  • yell,
  • impetus,
  • nourishment,
  • stimulant,
  • spur.
  •
  • impulse,
  • fillip.
  •
  • prod.
  •
  • push.
  •yeah
  • hurrah.

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.

Encouragement Sentence Examples:

• He spoke to Adelaide, and she answered him; but there was no word of encouragement - not a tone of comfort in her voice.

• Richard caught what seemed to him a glimpse of encouragement in these signs, and observed: " It's not because you object to me, Mr. Blaize?"

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.