encouraging
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
giving courage or confidence or hope
encouraging advances in medical research
Related & opposite
- reassuring also see
- helpful also see
- hopeful also see
- discouraging antonym
- exhortative similar to
- heartening similar to
- promotive similar to
- rallying similar to
Sense 2 adjective
furnishing support and encouragement
the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher
Related & opposite
- supportive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | reassuring |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | helpful |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | hopeful |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | discouraging |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | exhortative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | heartening |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | promotive |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | rallying |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | supportive |