Synonyms: encouraging
Definition: giving courage or confidence or hope
Usage: encouraging advances in medical research
Similar words: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory
Definition: giving strong encouragement
Similar words: heartening, inspiriting
Definition: cheerfully encouraging
Similar words: promotive
Definition: tending to further or encourage
Similar words: rallying
Definition: rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort
Usage: a rallying cry
Synonyms: supporting, encouraging
Definition: furnishing support and encouragement
Usage: the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher
Similar words: supportive
Definition: furnishing support or assistance
Usage: a supportive family network; his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer