Synonyms for encourager
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : en-kur-ij, -kuhr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr- |
Top 10 synonyms for encourager Other synonyms for the word encourager
- administrator
- angel
- architect
- author
- booster
- builder
- champion
- creator
- dean
- defender
- elder
- encourager
- fairy godparent
- financer
- front
- generator
- guarantor
- guardian
- guide
- head
- helper
- initiator
- introducer
- maker
- matriarch
- motor
- mover
- organizer
- originator
- partisan
- patriarch
- patron
- patron saint
- prime mover
- promoter
- promulgator
- protector
- publisher
- sire
- surety
- sympathizer
Définition of encourager
Origin :- early 15c., from Old French encoragier "make strong, hearten," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + corage (see courage). Related: Encouraged; encouraging.
- As in patron : noun person who supports a cause
- As in father/mother : noun founder, inventor
- They believed the Iron Duke to be the instigator and encourager of a shabby trick.
- Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
- I was unaware that belief is an encourager and guide to reason.
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- He was an encourager of learning and the arts, and a dabbler in science.
- Extract from : « Old Continental Towns » by Walter M. Gallichan
- He has been the encourager and partaker of all thy numerous vices and follies.
- Extract from : « The Fair Maid of Perth » by Sir Walter Scott
- But now I look around for my stay, my monitor, my encourager, in vain.
- Extract from : « Jane Talbot » by Charles Brockden Brown
- The list of my poor authors increased, for I was an encourager of genius.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- That great virtuoso and encourager of gardening, Mr. Secretary Johnson, at Twickenham.
- Extract from : « On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, » by Samuel Felton
- The fellow who then went openly about with sack on back was a thief, and an encourager of thieves; he now keeps a marine-store.
- Extract from : « A History of the Cries of London » by Charles Hindley
- She had the virtue of being a liberal patron of the arts and an encourager of artistic merit wherever she found it.
- Extract from : « The Old Furniture Book » by N. Hudson Moore
- Thou art the king of the mighty, the entertainer and encourager of Bards.
- Extract from : « Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards » by Evan Evans
Antonyms for encourager
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