| ADJECTIVE | all | encouraging | giving courage or confidence / confidence or hope |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | encouraging, supporting | furnishing support and encouragement |
| Sounds | ehnker'ihjhihng; ihnker'ahjhihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Giving courage or confidence / confidence or hope. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "encouraging advances in medical research" | |
| Narrower | exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory | Giving strong encouragement |
| heartening, inspiriting | cheerfully encouraging | |
| promotive | tending to further / further or encourage | |
| rallying | rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort | |
| See also | helpful | Providing assistance or serving a useful function |
| hopeful | Having or manifesting hope | |
| reassuring | restoring confidence / confidence and relieving anxiety | |
| Opposite | discouraging | depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action |
| Spanish | alentador, esperanzador | |
| Adverbs | encouragingly | in an encouraging manner |
| Meaning | Furnishing support and encouragement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | supporting | |
| Broader | supportive | Furnishing support or assistance |
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