Synonyms for encouraged
en·cour·aged

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1. bucked up(p), encouragedadjective

   inspired with confidence

   "felt bucked up by his success"

   Antonyms:
   displeased

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1. List of paraphrases for "encouraged":

   encourages, encourage, promoted, encouraging, heartened, fostered, invited, stimulated, urged, encouragement, spurred, emboldened, promote, animated, abetted, promotes, foster, guest, prompted, promoting

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1. Brianna Turner:

   Today we had a meeting with the State Department about BG. I’m confident in the State Department and the work that they’re doing. They encouraged us to keep speaking her name, to keep holding them accountable to bring BG back home as soon as possible.

2. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sakebut for the nations sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not military preparednessfor armed might is worthless if we lack the brain power to build a world of peace; not our productive economyfor we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of governmentfor freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

3. Hannah Wesolowski:

   With that pilot program, it is so important that particularly a young person who’s feeling alone, who’s feeling isolated, is able to connect to somebody that they feel can share their experience and that comes from a similar place of understanding, i’m very anxious to see what the data shows when the pilot ends in March, but I feel very encouraged by my conversations with the Trevor Project and others involved in this.

4. Larry Norton:

   We are particularly encouraged by the fact some patients are living without recurrence for an extended period of time, finding out why those patients do so much better than others is going to be one of the important topics for future research.

5. Doug McMillon:

   We're encouraged that broad support is emerging to strengthen background checks and to remove weapons from those who have been determined to pose an imminent danger.