Encouragement is the activity of encouraging someone, or something that is said or done in order to encourage them.
I also had friends who gave me a great deal of encouragement.
Thanks for your advice and encouragement.
Financial encouragements include tax relief on mortgage interest.
Synonyms: inspiration, help, support, aid More Synonyms of encouragement
More Synonyms of encouragement
encouragement in American English
(ɛnˈkɜrɪdʒmənt; ɪnˈkɜrɪdʒmənt)
noun
1.
an encouraging or being encouraged
2.
something that encourages
COBUILD Collocations
encouragement
gentle encouragement
Examples of 'encouragement' in a sentence
encouragement
They needed little encouragement five minutes into the second period.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
While the government appears to be bending over backwards to help foreign car makers, there is still little outward encouragement for our most important industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With a little encouragement, the wild is also surging back to other improbable city corners, too.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
They could identify with my struggle and could offer specific encouragement and advice.
Christianity Today (2000)
The people cried encouragement as the drums quickened and a new song was sung.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
The lack of encouragement and educational support offered to our potential engineers is one of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Yet there has been little further encouragement.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We can take much encouragement from this.
The Sun (2010)
Or they might not get sufficient encouragement from their universities.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
The audience members are encouraged to hand out helpful advice and encouragement.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Your encouragement means a great deal to a relative returning to the workplace.
The Sun (2014)
The findings will give encouragement to elderly people around the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That both artists provided each other with support and encouragement is inescapable in the letters.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
They should slide off with a little encouragement.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We can take encouragement from the maths of the second half.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That advice and encouragement really made a difference.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They are useful facilities and a great encouragement to networking.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Parents are expected to offer encouragement and support.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They got little encouragement from the judiciary.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The restive residents here need little encouragement to take to the streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Not that he needed a great deal of encouragement.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Many employers are good at providing support and encouragement for volunteering.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That was sufficient encouragement for South to ask for aces and bid the small slam when he found his partner held three.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
For King, this was sufficient encouragement.
Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004)
In other languages
encouragement
British English: encouragement /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒmənt/ NOUN
Encouragement is the activity of encouraging someone.
Thanks for your advice and encouragement.
American English: encouragement
Arabic: تَشْجِيع
Brazilian Portuguese: encorajamento
Chinese: 鼓励
Croatian: ohrabrenje
Czech: povzbuzení
Danish: opmuntring
Dutch: aanmoediging
European Spanish: ánimo
Finnish: rohkaisu
French: encouragement
German: Ermutigung
Greek: ενθάρρυνση
Italian: incoraggiamento
Japanese: 奨励
Korean: 격려
Norwegian: oppmuntring
Polish: zachęta
European Portuguese: encorajamento
Romanian: încurajare
Russian: ободрение
Latin American Spanish: ánimo
Swedish: uppmuntran
Thai: การให้กำลังใจ
Turkish: yüreklendirme
Ukrainian: заохочення
Vietnamese: sự khuyến khích
Chinese translation of 'encouragement'
encouragement
(ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒmənt)
n(u)
(= support) 鼓励(勵) (gǔlì)
1 (noun)
Thanks for all your advice and encouragement.
Synonyms
inspiration
She was very impressive and a great inspiration to all.
help
Thanks very much for your help.
support
We hope to continue to have her close support and friendship.
aid
He was forced to turn to his former enemy for aid.
favour
She wanted to win the favour of the voters.
comfort
I tried to find some words of comfort to offer her.
comforting
cheer
cheering
consolation
I sought consolation in books and created my own world.
reassurance
morale boosting
succour
Have you offered comfort and succour to your friend?
2 (noun)
She had needed no encouragement to accept the invitation.
Synonyms
urging
prompting
The refugees need no prompting to describe what happened to them.
stimulus
Falling interest rates could be a stimulus to the economy.
persuasion
It took all her powers of persuasion to induce them to stay.
coaxing
egging on
incitement
an incitement to rioting
3 (noun)
The encouragement of trade will benefit the process of economic reform.
Synonyms
promotion
dedicated to the promotion of new ideas and research
backing
He said the president had the full backing of his government.
support
They are prepared to resort to violence in support of their views.
boost
It did give me a boost to win such an event.
endorsement
This is a powerful endorsement of his style of governing.
stimulation
advocacy
I support your advocacy of free trade.
furtherance
The thing that matters is the furtherance of research.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of advocacy
Definition
active support of a cause or course of action
I support your advocacy of free trade.
Synonyms
recommendation,
support,
defence,
championing,
backing,
proposal,
urging,
promotion,
campaigning for,
upholding,
encouragement,
justification,
argument for,
advancement,
pleading for,
propagation,
espousal,
promulgation,
boosterism,
spokesmanship
in the sense of aid
Definition
money, equipment, or services provided for people in need
He was forced to turn to his former enemy for aid.
Synonyms
help,
backing,
support,
benefit,
favour,
relief,
promotion,
assistance,
encouragement,
helping hand,
succour
in the sense of backing
Definition
support
He said the president had the full backing of his government.