encouraging
adjective
1. giving courage or confidence or hope
- encouraging advances in medical research
Similar word(s): reassuring, exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory, heartening, inspiriting, promotive, rallying, helpful, hopeful
2. furnishing support and encouragement
Similar word(s): supportive, supporting
noun
1. encouragement
verb
1. present participle of encourage