Dictionary Definition
encourage
Verb
1 contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am
promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance, boost, further]
2 inspire with confidence; give hope or courage
to [ant: discourage]
3 spur on; "His financial success encouraged him
to look for a wife"
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English
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Translations
mentally support or motivate
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 鼓励 (gǔlì)
- Czech: povzbudit
- Danish: opmuntre
- Dutch: aanmoedigen
- trreq Esperanto
- Finnish: rohkaista, kannustaa
- French: encourager
- German: ermutigen
- trreq Hebrew
- Hungarian: bátorít, felbátorít
- Italian: incoraggiare
- Japanese: 勇気づける (ゆうきずける, yūki zukeru)
- Korean: 격려하다 (gyeoknyeohada)
- Latin: hortor, adhortor
- Norwegian: oppmuntre
- trreq Old English
- Portuguese: encorajar
- Russian: ободрять (obodrját’)
- Spanish: animar
- Swedish: uppmuntra
recommend
- Danish: anbefale
- Finnish: rohkaista
- French: encourager
- German: empfehlen
- Norwegian: anbefale
- ttbc Spanish: recomendar, motivar
- ttbc Telugu: ప్రోత్సహించు (prOtsahiMchu)
French
Verb
- Form of First-person singular present subjunctive, encourager
- Form of Third-person singular present subjunctive, encourager
- Form of Second-person singular imperative, encourager
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abet,
admonish, advance, advantage, advocate, aid, aid and abet, animate, ask for, assist, assure, bear up, bolster, boost, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy up,
caution, charge, cheer, cheer up, chirk up,
comfort, condole with,
conduce to, console,
contribute to, countenance, ease, egg on, embolden, endorse, enjoin, enliven, exhilarate, exhort, expedite, expostulate, facilitate, favor, feed, forward, foster, further, give a lift, give
comfort, give encouragement, gladden, go for, hasten, hearten, help, incite, induce, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, invite, issue a caveat, keep in
countenance, lend wings to, liven, make for, move, nerve, nourish, nurture, pep up, persuade, pick up, preach, promote, prompt, push forward, put at
ease, put forward, quicken, reassure, rejoice, rejoice the heart,
relieve, remonstrate, set at ease,
set forward, shine upon, smile upon, solace, speed, stimulate, subscribe, subsidize, support, sympathize with,
urge, vitalize, warn