Encourage
Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.
Rationalize and encourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rationalize" instead a verb "Encourage".
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging
Rationalize
Rationalize verb - To give the reason for or cause of.
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Synonyms for Rationalize
Encourage and rationalize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Rationalize".
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Common collocations
| work | encourage work | rationalize work |
| use | encourage use | rationalize use |
| way | encourage way | rationalize way |
| characters | encourage characters | rationalize characters |
| Other words: discussion, anyone, behavior. | ||
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