ACCOURAGE Synonyms

• a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

• support and strengthen

• prop up with a pillow or bolster

• add padding to

• give encouragement to

• give or delegate power or authority to

• give qualities or abilities to

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

• spur on

• cause to be alert and energetic

• raise to a higher energy level

• make strong or stronger

• enclose by or as if by a fortification

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• add nutrients to

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• a substance that can be consumed to produce energy

• provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

• provide with fuel

• take in fuel, as of a ship

• stimulate

• give encouragement to

• heighten or intensify

• supply the inspiration for

• serve as the inciting cause of

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• fill with revolutionary ideas

• draw in (air)

• heighten or intensify

• give life or energy to

• make lively

• impart vigor, strength, or vitality to

• a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

• the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

• a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness

• an automobile race run over public roads

• (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

• gather

• call to arms; of military personnel

• gather or bring together

• return to a former condition

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• make strong or stronger

• gain strength

• give a healthy elasticity to

• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

• a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

• fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

• lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

• lift up or elevate