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- Encourage
ENCOURAGE definition: 1. to make someone more likely to do...
- Encourage
Synonym Discussion of Encourage. to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope : hearten; to attempt to persuade : urge; to spur on : stimulate… See the full definition
ENCOURAGE definition: 1. to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen: 2. to…. Learn more.
When you encourage someone, you give him or her the courage or confidence to do something, like when you encourage your little brother to play harder by yelling his name from the sidelines of the soccer field.
Synonyms for ENCOURAGE: inspire, embolden, reinforce, stimulate, hearten, bear up, provoke, buoy (up); Antonyms of ENCOURAGE: discourage, daunt, dishearten, undermine ...
- Some common synonyms of encourage are embolden, hearten, and inspirit. While all these words mean "to fill with courage or strength of purpose," en...
- While the synonyms embolden and encourage are close in meaning, embolden implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctanc...
- The words hearten and encourage can be used in similar contexts, but hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of...
- The meanings of inspirit and encourage largely overlap; however, inspirit, somewhat literary, implies instilling life, energy, courage, or vigor in...
2 meanings: 1. to inspire (someone) with the courage or confidence (to do something) 2. to stimulate (something or someone to.... Click for more definitions.
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ENCOURAGE meaning: 1. to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen: 2. to…. Learn more.
