Encourage
Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.
Wake and encourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wake" instead a verb "Encourage".
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging
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Both words in one sentence
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In Child of the Hive, Will is oblivious to all of Alex's attempts to encourage him to wake up.
Source: Not a Morning Person -
Sometimes doctors encourage persons on a long flight to take a sleeping pill on the flight so they wake up on arrival at their destination.
Source: Intoxication Ensues -
Kat Manx is talking to him, trying to encourage him to wake up.
Source: I Take Offense to That Last One
Cite this Source
Wake and Encourage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/wake
Encourage & Wake. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/wake>.
Wake or Encourage. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/wake.
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