Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

Noun

The word "encouraging" can be used as adjective, adjective, verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

discouraging discouraging

Causes Desire

have party

Derived Terms

encouragingly encouragingness unencouraging

Derived From

encourage

Inflected/Variant Forms

encourage

Type Of (IsA)

communicating

Related Terms

auspicious bringing confidence courage encourage encouraged encouragement good helpful hope hopeful luck reassuring supporting

Similar Terms

exhortative exhortative exhortatory heartening helpful hopeful hortative hortatory inspiriting inspiriting promotive promotive rallying rallying reassuring supportive

Synonym Network

hopeful promising supporting

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