Antonyms for discourage
dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr-dis·cour·age

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1. discourageverb

   Antonyms:
   encourage

2. discourageverb

   Antonyms:
   encourage

3. discourageverb

   Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can (Abraham Lincoln )

   Antonyms:
   encourage

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. discourage

   Antonyms:
   abet, advocate, aid, assist, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, instigate, promote, sanction, support, uphold

   Synonyms:
   baffle, confound, counteract, denounce, deter, disapprove, disconcert, dissuade, expose, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct

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1. • Disapprove

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. deter, discourageverb

   try to prevent; show opposition to

   "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

   Antonyms:
   encourage

   Synonyms:
   monish, admonish, warn, deter, dissuade

2. discourageverb

   deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

   Antonyms:
   encourage

   Synonyms:
   monish, warn, deter, admonish

3. warn, discourage, admonish, monishverb

   admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

   "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

   Antonyms:
   encourage

   Synonyms:
   reprove, monish, admonish, warn, deter, caution

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1. discourageverb

   Synonyms:
   dishearten, dispirit, depress, deter, dampen, unnerve, oppose, dissuade

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incentivize

   make more difficult; opposite of encourage

   taxes discourage people from making more money, especially if they would fall into a higher percentage tax bracket. to incentivize or encourage people to make more money, tax incentives are put in place that divert income into retirement accounts, or into creating a business, or other methods of reducing taxable income.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2019  

2. motivateverb

   provide someone with a motive to do something. make someone less eager to do something.

   she felt down and discouraged when she heard the truth.

   Submitted by lindsay.m.may on March 20, 2022  

3. nurture

   Submitted by @Muskan on December 28, 2020  

How to use discourage in a sentence?

1. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:

   The penalties in the federal system need to be much more conveyed to people to discourage this idea that this is a harmless, mostly clerical administrative violation of the federal system, it is blood money. You are getting the guns... to someone that will harm someone.

2. Daniel Castro:

   This would only serve to stigmatize and discourage AI use, which could reduce its beneficial social and economic impacts.

3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   I took the opportunity to recommend to him that no matter who may be triggering these violent expressions or conflicts that we've seen in some of these rallies it might be a good idea to condemn that and discourage it no matter what the source of it is.

4. Tom Croci:

   It will discourage terrorists worldwide from entering New York, require those already in New York to register and be monitored.

5. Mayor Liccardo:

   We require motorists to carry automobile insurance, and the insurance industry appropriately encourages and rewards safe driver behavior. We tax tobacco consumption both to discourage risky behavior and to make sure non-smokers are not forced to subsidize the substantial public health costs generated by smoking-related illnesses and deaths, these successful public health models inspire a similar' harm reduction' approach for firearms.

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