DISSUADING Antonyms

• giving courage or confidence or hope

• furnishing support and encouragement

• the act of motivating; providing incentive

• impelling to action

• the act of applying force in order to move something away

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging

• insistent solicitation and entreaty

• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

• a lawyer who pleads cases in court

• push for something

• speak, plead, or argue in favor of

• be behind; approve of

• give support or one's approval to

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• sign as evidence of legal transfer

• win approval or support for

• cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

• win approval or support for

• cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm