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| Main Entry: | encouraging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright |
| Synonyms: | hopeful, promising, reassuring, supportive |
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate spiritually |
| Synonyms: | animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up*, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, instigate, praise, prick, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway, enhearten, give shot in arm, inspirit, prop up, psych up, revitalize, revivify |
| Antonyms: | dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dissuade, dispirit, uninspire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give support; help |
| Synonyms: | abet, advance, advocate, aid, approve, assist, back, back up, befriend, bolster, boost, brace, comfort, console, countenance, develop, ease, egg on*, endorse, favor, fortify, forward, foster, further, go for*, improve, instigate, invite, pat on the back, prevail, promote, push, reassure, reinforce, relieve, sanction, second, serve, solace, spur, strengthen, subsidize, succor, support, sustain, uphold, get behind, give a leg up, pull for, root for, side with*, smile upon, subscribe to |
| Antonyms: | block, confuse, deter, discourage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comforting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheering |
| Synonyms: | curing, encouraging, freeing, invigorating, refreshing, softening, soothing, abating, allaying, alleviating, analeptic, assuaging, consolatory, consoling, health-giving, heart-warming, inspiriting, lightening, mitigating, reassuring, relieving, remedying, restoring, revitalizing, revivifying, solacing, succoring, sustaining, tranquilizing, upholding, warming |
| Antonyms: | depressing, distressing, disturbing, irritating, worrying, aggravating, dispiriting, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, lucky, on a roll*, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do, born with a silver spoon, gaining, get a break, in luck, in the gravy, overcoming, providential, sunny side |
| Notes: | fortunate means having unexpected good fortune or luck; fortuitous means happening by chance or coming or occurring by accident or without any known cause |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heartwarming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasant |
| Synonyms: | cheering, encouraging, exhilarating, heartfelt, inspiring, joyous, loving, stirring, sweet, gladdening, heartening |
| Main Entry: | inviting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alluring, captivating |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, appealing, attractive, charming, cordial, delightful, encouraging, engaging, fascinating, intriguing, magnetic, open, persuasive, pleasing, provocative, seductive, tempting, warm, winning, winsome, beguiling, bewitching, enticing, mouthwatering, welcoming |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, uninviting, disenchanting |
| Main Entry: | promising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful |
| Synonyms: | able, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favorable, gifted, happy, likely, lucky, propitious, rising, roseate, rosy, talented, up-and-coming, assuring, reassuring |
| Antonyms: | hopeless, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | upbeat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheerful |
| Synonyms: | buoyant, cheery, encouraging, favorable, fond, happy, hopeful, optimistic, positive, promising, rosy, sanguine, heartening |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, sad |
| Main Entry: | inspiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rousing |
| Synonyms: | encouraging, exciting, exhilarating, moving, refreshing, stimulating, stirring, uplifting, animating, enlivening, exalting, heartening, inspirational, inspiriting, motivating |
| Main Entry: | supporting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upholding |
| Synonyms: | encouraging, helping, aiding, approving, promoting, shielding |
| Main Entry: | favorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approving, friendly |
| Synonyms: | affirmative, agreeable, amicable, benevolent, benign, complimentary, encouraging, enthusiastic, inclined, kind, kindly, laudatory, okay, positive, predisposed, sympathetic, understanding, acclamatory, approbative, approbatory, assenting, benignant, commending, in favor of, praiseful, reassuring, recommendatory, supportive, welcoming, well-disposed, well-intentioned |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | propitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of promise; good, favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benign, brave, bright, encouraging, fortunate, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, pat*, promising, prosperous, rosy, seasonable, timely, toward, useful, well-timed, dexter, favoring |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, timely, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, beneficial, benign, bright, cheering, convenient, encouraging, fair, fit, fortunate, gratifying, happy, healthful, helpful, hopeful, kindly, lucky, nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, promising, propitious, prosperous, seasonable, suitable, toward, useful, welcome, well-timed, wholesome, worthy, benefic, full of promise, pleasureful, providential, reassuring |
| Antonyms: | bad, derogatory, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unfavorable, hindering, hurting, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, auspicious |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, beneficial, bright, cheerful, cheering, conducive, convenient, encouraging, exciting, expeditious, fair, favorable, fine, fit, flattering, fortunate, golden, good, gracious, halcyon, helpful, inspiring, likely, lucky, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, probable, propitious, reasonable, roseate, rosy*, rousing, stirring, suitable, sunny, timely, uplifting, well-timed, arousing, elating, enlivening, fortifying, heartening, inspiriting, promiseful, providential, reassuring |
| Antonyms: | desperate, hopeless, inauspicious, pointless, wretched, unpromising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rosy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheerful, hopeful |
| Synonyms: | alluring, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favorable, glowing, likely, optimistic, pleasing, promising, roseate, sunny, reassuring, rose-colored |
| Antonyms: | depressing, hopeless, sad |
| Main Entry: | sympathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable, friendly |
| Synonyms: | amenable, appreciative, companionable, compatible, congenial, congruous, consistent, consonant, cool, down, encouraging, like-minded, open, open-minded, pro*, receptive, responsive, vicarious, approving, favorably disposed, having a heart, in sympathy with, on same wavelength, simpatico, tuned in, well-disposed, well-intentioned |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, disagreeable, unfriendly, unsociable, unsympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous |
| Synonyms: | auspicious, beneficent, benevolent, bright, charitable, encouraging, favorable, fortunate, good, lucky, merciful, propitious, salutary, dexter, smiling |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful, promising |
| Synonyms: | airy, auspicious, benign, breezy, cheering, encouraging, excellent, favorable, golden, good, optimistic, propitious, prosperous, rosy, palmy |
| Antonyms: | depressing, horrible, threatening, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | abet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assist, help in wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | advocate, back, condone, egg on*, encourage, endorse, goad, incite, instigate, prod, promote, provoke, sanction, spur, support, urge |
| Antonyms: | counter, deter, discourage, frustrate, hinder, hurt, impede, obstruct, resist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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