| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
Synonyms: |
advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, consoling, easement, enlivening, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, inspiritment, invigoration, optimism, promotion, reassurance, reassuring, refreshment, relief, relieving, reward, shot in the arm, softening, solacing, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging |
Antonyms: |
denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | lift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, aid |
Synonyms: |
assist, assistance, boost, comfort, encouragement, hand, leg up, pick-me-up, reassurance, relief, secours, shot in the arm, succor, support |
Antonyms: |
harm, ill will |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
Synonyms: |
aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship |
Antonyms: |
attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
| Main Entry: | safekeeping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
Synonyms: |
aegis, assurance, care, certainty, cover, custody, guardianship, guarding, insurance, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, security, shelter, supervision, trust |
| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pity |
Synonyms: |
aid, cheer, comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolence, consolation, empathy, encouragement, reassurance, rue, ruth, solace, tenderness, thoughtfulness, understanding |
| Notes: | condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering' empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of another's feelings or problems, while sympathy is more general and can apply to small annoyances or setbacks sympathy means the stimulation in a person of feelings that are similar in kind to those that affect another person; empathy means a mental or affective projection into the feelings or state of mind of another person |
Antonyms: |
callousness, indifference, mercilessness |
| Main Entry: | security blanket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psychological support |
Synonyms: |
emotional support, reassurance |