encouraging

adjectives

giving courage or confidence or hope
"encouraging advances in medical research"
encouraging
antonym
discouraging
is similar to
giving strong encouragement
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory
is similar to
cheerfully encouraging
heartening, inspiriting
is similar to
tending to further or encourage
promotive
is similar to
rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort
"a rallying cry"
rallying
see also
restoring confidence and relieving anxiety
"a very reassuring remark"
reassuring
see also
providing assistance or serving a useful function
helpful
see also
having or manifesting hope
"a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
hopeful
furnishing support and encouragement
"the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
encouraging, supporting