Encouragement Plus Coaching
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
Chinese Proverb
Don H. Morris
Memphis, Tennessee
U.S.A.
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Defintion of Encourage
And Related Words
- encourage (verb)
- 1. Contribute to the progress or growth of
- 2. Inspire with confidence, give hope or courage to
- 3. Spur on
Synonymns of Encourage
- Advance
- Boost
- Further
- Promote
- boost (noun)
- 1. The act of giving hope or support to
- 2. An increase in cost
- 3. The act of giving an upward push
Synonyms of Boost
- Advance
- Encourage
- Encouragement
- Further
- Promote
- Supercharge
- advance (noun)
- 1. A movement forward
- 2. A change for the better, progress in development
- 3. A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
Source: Word Web Dictionary/Thesaurus for Windows. Version 1.63 (Freeware version). Copyright © 2001 by Andy Lewis.
- encourage (verb transitive)
- 1. To give courage or confidence to
- 2. To raise the hopes of
- 3. To help on by sympathtetic advice and interest
- 4. To advise and make it eaasy (for someone to do something)
- 5. To promote, stimulate, to strengthen
- encouragement (noun)
- 1. A heartening or being heartened
- 2. Something that cheers or helps on
- 3. An inducement
- hearten (verb transitive)
- 1. To inspire with fresh determination
Source: New Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus of the English Language (Revised Edition). (1993). Danbury, CT: Lexicon Publications.
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