Encouraging and Precautionary

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Encouraging adjective - Having qualities which inspire hope.

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Precautionary is an antonym for encouraging.

Precautionary adjective - Concerned with or serving to keep something from happening.

Usage example: prior to the game, we moved the furniture out of the way as a precautionary measure

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Encouraging is an antonym for precautionary.

Nearby Word: precaution

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Precautionary and Encouraging. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encouraging/precautionary

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