Synonyms for encouraging
en·cour·ag·ing

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1. encouragingadjective

   giving courage or confidence or hope

   "encouraging advances in medical research"

   Synonyms:
   supporting

   Antonyms:
   disheartening, dispiriting, demoralizing, unencouraging, daunting, discouraging, frustrating, unsupportive, intimidating, demoralising

2. encouraging, supportingadjective

   furnishing support and encouragement

   "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"

   Synonyms:
   load-bearing(a), supporting(a), supporting

   Antonyms:
   daunting, demoralizing, frustrating, unencouraging, demoralising, dispiriting, disheartening, intimidating, discouraging, unsupportive

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1. helpfuladjective

   they can encourage you which is helpful

   manuel was very helpful during our studies.

   Submitted by dottykay10 on May 17, 2022  

2. inspiring

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2020  

3. paregoric

   assuaging pain

   her words are really paregoric.

   Submitted by anonymous on December 30, 2019  

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1. encouragingadjective

   Synonyms:
   reassuring, inspiriting, cheering, assuring

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1. List of paraphrases for "encouraging":

   encourage, heartening, encouraged, encourages, encouragement, promoting, promising, fostering, promote, gratifying, stimulating, foster, inspiring, hopeful, promotion, reassuring, positive, incentive

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1. Sunny Hostin:

   There was something chivalrous about Joe Biden saying, you know, if Joe Biden said that and we were in high school I ’d take Joe Biden out back and I ’d kick Joe Biden butt, i thought, Joy Behar know, there’s something about that. Because Joe Biden was also speaking at an event where Joe Biden was encouraging men to stick up for women, not be just bystanders. So I don’t know.

2. Courtney Beasley:

   NASA will closely adhere to the CDC's recommendations on infection control for the coronavirus as Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir return to Earth and begin their post-flight medical testing and readaptation period, this includes cleaning of surfaces, social distancing, emphasizing hand hygiene, encouraging NASA team members who are sick to stay home, and limiting contact with the crew members.

3. Jason Hill:

   He wrote a lot of nasty letters to me encouraging me to kill Jason Hill. He said : ‘ Michael Dohm should just commit suicide, ’.

4. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto:

   Instead of helping people, Croatia is encouraging masses and masses of people to commit a criminal offence - illegal crossing of the border is a criminal offense.

5. Chip Greenidge:

   I have spent my life in service to others -- encouraging urban high school students to apply, attend and graduate college, and convening a number of activities helping minorities and people of color get involved in civic life, however, over the years, I have not been able to really work on my own health and nutrition goals.