Word Meanings - ENCOURAGEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward,

Additional info about word: ENCOURAGEMENT

1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people. To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byron.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENCOURAGEMENT)

• Approbation
• Approval
• satisfaction
• praise
• encouragement
• confirmation
• assent
• consent
• permission
• commendation
• concurrence
• acceptance
• Premium
• Reward
• guerdon
• douceur
• enhancement
• bribe
• recompense
• bonus
• prize
• bounty
• Promotion
• Furtherance
• advancement
• preferment
• elevation

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ENCOURAGEMENT)

• Blame
• censure
• discommend
• reprove
• Punish
• misrequite

Related words: (words related to ENCOURAGEMENT)

• GUERDONABLE
  Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
• REWARDFUL
  Yielding reward.
• CONSENTANEOUS
  Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
• PUNISHER
  One who inflicts punishment.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• REWARD
  To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• PREFERMENT
  1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. Neither
• CONCURRENCE
  1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. 2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion;
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• PUNISHABLE
  Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness,
• RECOMPENSER
  One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
• RECOMPENSE
  recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for;
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• BLAMER
  One who blames. Wyclif.
• ASSENTMENT
  Assent; agreement.
• BRIBER
  1. A thief. Lydgate. 2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. 3. That which bribes; a bribe. His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life. Shak.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• PRECONSENT
  A previous consent.
• SHOREWARD
  Toward the shore.
• DISCONSENT
  To differ; to disagree; to dissent. Milton.
• OVERPRIZE
  Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton.
• APPRIZER
  A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott. (more info) 1. An appraiser.