| applaud | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. acclaim, applaud, clap, spat | clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval. |
| ~ approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| ~ bravo | applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'. |
| ~ gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement.; "He gestured his desire to leave" |
| v. (communication) | 2. applaud | express approval of.; "I applaud your efforts" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| ~ cheer | show approval or good wishes by shouting.; "everybody cheered the birthday boy" |
| ~ acclaim, hail, herald | praise vociferously.; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" |
| encourage | | |
| v. (social) | 1. advance, boost, encourage, further, promote | contribute to the progress or growth of.; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" |
| ~ connive at, wink at | give one's silent approval to. |
| ~ foster, further | promote the growth of.; "Foster our children's well-being and education" |
| ~ spur | incite or stimulate.; "The Academy was formed to spur research" |
| ~ help | contribute to the furtherance of.; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries" |
| ~ carry | take further or advance.; "carry a cause" |
| ~ feed | support or promote.; "His admiration fed her vanity" |
| ~ conduce, contribute, lead | be conducive to.; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" |
| ~ back up, support | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| ~ exhort, pep up, root on, urge on, barrack, urge, inspire, cheer | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" |
| ~ nurture, foster | help develop, help grow.; "nurture his talents" |
| ~ hollo | encourage somebody by crying hollo. |
| ~ hope | be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" |
| ~ animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt | heighten or intensify.; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
| ~ cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate | give encouragement to. |
| ~ draw out | make more sociable.; "The therapist drew out the shy girl" |
| ~ bring out | encourage to be less reserved.; "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy" |
| ~ goad, spur | give heart or courage to. |
| v. (communication) | 3. encourage | spur on.; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" |
| ~ cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| encouragement | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. encouragement | the expression of approval and support. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ abetment, abettal, instigation | the verbal act of urging on. |
| ~ cheering, shouting | encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators.; "it's all over but the shouting" |
| ~ advancement, furtherance, promotion | encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something. |
| ~ fosterage, fostering | encouragement; aiding the development of something. |
| ~ goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging, goad | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" |
| ~ incitement, provocation | needed encouragement.; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation" |
| ~ vote of confidence | an expression of approval and encouragement.; "they gave the chairman a vote of confidence" |
| n. (act) | 2. boost, encouragement | the act of giving hope or support to someone. |
| ~ assist, assistance, help, aid | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
| ~ morale booster, morale building | anything that serves to increase morale.; "the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder" |
| n. (feeling) | 3. encouragement | the feeling of being encouraged. |
| ~ hope | the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" |
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