encourages

Meaning of encourages

verb
  1. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
    I encouraged him during his race.
  2. To spur on, strongly recommend.
    We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
  3. To foster, give help or patronage
    The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed

Information about encourages

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of encourages is: encourage.
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Hyphenation of encourages

en-cour-ages

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • encourages is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

encourages synonyms

Meaning :

bield, embolden

encourages antonyms

Meaning :

discourage

Words that rhyme with encourages

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