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Detailed Synonyms for encourage in English

encourage:

to encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)

  1. to encourage
    to encourage; to incite; to cheer on; to inspire; to fire; to strike into
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • incite verbe (incites, incited, inciting)
    • cheer on verbe (cheers on, cheered on, cheering on)
    • inspire verbe (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • fire verbe (fires, fired, firing)
    • strike into verbe (strikes into, struck into, striking into)
  2. to encourage
    to stimulate; to encourage; to incite; to aggravate; to inspire; to motivate; encourage someone; motivate someone
  3. to encourage
    to encourage; to arouse; to activate; to stimulate; to excite; to support; to awake
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • arouse verbe (arouses, aroused, arousing)
    • activate verbe (activates, activated, activating)
    • stimulate verbe (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • excite verbe (excites, excited, exciting)
    • support verbe (supports, supported, supporting)
    • awake verbe (awakes, awoke, awaking)
  4. to encourage
    to encourage; to boost; to push on
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • boost verbe (boosts, boosted, boosting)
    • push on verbe (pushes on, pushed on, pushing on)
  5. to encourage
    to encourage; to stimulate; to activate; to urge
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • stimulate verbe (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • activate verbe (activates, activated, activating)
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
  6. to encourage
    to motivate; to encourage; to stimulate
    • motivate verbe (motivates, motivated, motivating)
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • stimulate verbe (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  7. to encourage
    to encourage
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
  8. to encourage
    – spur on 1
    to encourage
    – spur on 1
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
      • His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife1
  9. to encourage
    – inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to 1
    to encourage
    – inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to 1
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
  10. to encourage
    – contribute to the progress or growth of 1
    to advance; to encourage; to further; to boost; to promote
    – contribute to the progress or growth of 1
    • advance verbe (advances, advanced, advancing)
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • further verbe (furthers, furthered, furthering)
    • boost verbe (boosts, boosted, boosting)
    • promote verbe (promotes, promoted, promoting)
      • I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom1

Conjugations for encourage:

present
  1. encourage
  2. encourage
  3. encourages
  4. encourage
  5. encourage
  6. encourage
simple past
  1. encouraged
  2. encouraged
  3. encouraged
  4. encouraged
  5. encouraged
  6. encouraged
present perfect
  1. have encouraged
  2. have encouraged
  3. has encouraged
  4. have encouraged
  5. have encouraged
  6. have encouraged
past continuous
  1. was encouraging
  2. were encouraging
  3. was encouraging
  4. were encouraging
  5. were encouraging
  6. were encouraging
future
  1. shall encourage
  2. will encourage
  3. will encourage
  4. shall encourage
  5. will encourage
  6. will encourage
continuous present
  1. am encouraging
  2. are encouraging
  3. is encouraging
  4. are encouraging
  5. are encouraging
  6. are encouraging
subjunctive
  1. be encouraged
  2. be encouraged
  3. be encouraged
  4. be encouraged
  5. be encouraged
  6. be encouraged
diverse
  1. encourage!
  2. let's encourage!
  3. encouraged
  4. encouraging
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "encourage":

  1. spur on1
    • His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife1
  2. inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to1
  3. contribute to the progress or growth of1

Related Synonyms for encourage