All encourage synonyms

verb encourage

• inspire — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
• hearten — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
• cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
• reassure — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• embolden — Give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something or to behave in a certain way.
• buoy — A buoy is a floating object that is used to show ships and boats where they can go and to warn them of danger.
• restore — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
• spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
• strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
• animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
• applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
• brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
• comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
• console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
• fortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
• galvanise — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
• galvanize — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
• gladden — to make glad.
• goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
• incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
• instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• prick — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• rally — to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.
• refresh — to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
• revitalise — to give new life to.
• revitalize — to give new life to.
• revivify — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
• rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
• steel — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
• stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• buck up — If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful.
• cheer up — When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful.
• psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
• egg on — to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
• urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
• develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
• ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
• favour — to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise.
• further — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.