encouraging

Definitions

Giving hope, confidence, or support.

Suggestive of a positive or favorable outcome.

Examples

The teacher gave the students some very encouraging feedback on their final projects.

It is encouraging to see so many people volunteering their time for the community.

Despite the initial setbacks, the team received an encouraging report from the project manager.

Synonyms

heartening supportive inspiring hopeful promising uplifting reassuring

Antonyms

discouraging disheartening pessimistic depressing demoralizing gloomy unpromising