Encourage and Stay

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Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.
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Antonyms for Encourage
Stay is an antonym for encourage.
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Stay

Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
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Synonyms for Stay
Antonyms for Stay
Encourage is an antonym for stay in hold in abeyance topic.
Nearby Words: stayed, staying
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Common collocations

person encourage person stay person
character encourage character stay character
army encourage army stay army
way encourage way stay way
Other words: anyone, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Tiger Dojos in Fate/stay night, actually encourage the player to act like this.
    Source: Violation of Common Sense
  • Sour Grapes Tropes It can encourage them to stay in their bad situation rather than doing something about it.
    Source: Sour Grapes Tropes
  • Useful Notes / The Netherlands It was originally felt that they didn't need to learn the language, since that would only encourage them to stay.
    Source: Useful Notes / The Netherlands
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