emboldens

The word “emboldens” has 3 syllables: em-bold-ens

It's pronounced as /ɛmˈboʊldənz/


What is synonym and antonym for emboldens?

In the thesaurus, “emboldens” has 26 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for emboldens along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for emboldens

  • animates
  • assures
  • bears up
  • boosts
  • bucks up
  • encourages
  • energizes
  • enforces
  • enlivens
  • excites
  • fortifies
  • galvanizes
  • heartens
  • inspires
  • inspirits
  • invigorates
  • provokes
  • quickens
  • rallies
  • reassures
  • reenforces
  • reinforces
  • steels
  • stimulates
  • stirs
  • strengthens

Antonyms for emboldens

Meanings of emboldens

  • verb
    1. To render (someone) bolder or more courageous.
    2. To encourage, inspire, or motivate.
    3. To format text in boldface.

Example Sentences

  • A clear vision emboldens a team to pursue ambitious goals.
  • Her courage emboldens others to speak their truth.
  • Success often emboldens people to take greater risks.
  • Support from loved ones emboldens him to face his fears.
  • The victory emboldens the movement to push for more change.

On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to emboldens, such as: animates, assures, bears up, boosts, bucks up, daunts, debilitates.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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abets

  • activates
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backs

  • abets
  • adopts
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  • affirms
  • aids
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  • backstops
  • bails out
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  • champions
  • chinks
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  • mentors
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  • profits
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  • ruins
  • saves
  • seconds
  • serves
  • soft spots
  • sponsors
  • stands one in good stead
  • stands up for
  • sticks up for
  • substantiates
  • succors
  • supports
  • sustains
  • tails
  • talks up
  • tragic flaws
  • underbellies
  • undoings
  • validates
  • verifies

backstops

  • abets
  • advances
  • advises
  • aids
  • assists
  • attends
  • backs
  • bails out
  • bears a hand
  • benefits
  • bolsters
  • boosts
  • buttresses
  • champions
  • comforts
  • counsels
  • delivers
  • eases
  • emboldens
  • encourages
  • endorses
  • facilitates
  • favors
  • forwards
  • fosters
  • furthers
  • guides
  • heartens
  • helps
  • indorses
  • launches
  • mentors
  • nurtures
  • obliges
  • patronizes
  • profits
  • promotes
  • reenforces
  • reinforces
  • rescues
  • saves
  • serves
  • sponsors
  • stands one in good stead
  • succors
  • supports
  • sustains

quickens

  • abets
  • accelerates
  • activates
  • actuates
  • aids
  • animates
  • arouses
  • awakens
  • awakes
  • boosts
  • braces
  • bundles
  • buoys
  • charges
  • cheers
  • dispatches
  • drives
  • eases
  • electrifies
  • emboldens
  • encourages
  • energizes
  • enflames
  • enkindles
  • enlivens
  • excites
  • expedites
  • facilitates
  • fast-tracks
  • ferments
  • fillips
  • fires
  • foments
  • fortifies
  • galvanizes
  • goads
  • hastens
  • heartens
  • hurries
  • impels
  • incites
  • inflames
  • infuses
  • inspires
  • instigates
  • invigorates
  • juices up
  • jump-starts
  • kindles
  • lifts
  • motivates
  • motives
  • moves
  • prods
  • propels
  • provokes
  • pushes
  • races
  • raises
  • rallies
  • reactivates
  • reanimates
  • reawakens
  • reawakes
  • recharges
  • recreates
  • reenergizes
  • refreshens
  • refreshes
  • regenerates
  • reinvigorates
  • rejuvenates
  • rekindles
  • renews
  • restimulates
  • resurrects
  • resuscitates
  • revitalizes
  • revives
  • rouses
  • rushes
  • sets off
  • sparks
  • spikes
  • spurs
  • steels
  • stimulates
  • stirs
  • strengthens
  • triggers
  • turns on
  • urges
  • vitalizes
  • vivifies
  • whisks

nerves

  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • arms
  • bolsters
  • boosts
  • braces
  • butterflies
  • buttresses
  • cold sweat
  • comforts
  • creeps
  • dither
  • edginess
  • emboldens
  • encourages
  • enforces
  • fear
  • fidgets
  • forearms
  • fortifies
  • frazzle
  • fretfulness
  • goose bumps
  • hardens
  • heartens
  • heebie-jeebies
  • hysteria
  • imbalance
  • inspires
  • inures
  • irritation
  • jimjams
  • jitters
  • jumpiness
  • nervous breakdown
  • nervousness
  • neurasthenia
  • poises
  • rallies
  • readies
  • reenforces
  • reinforces
  • rouses
  • screaming meemies
  • seasons
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • skittishness
  • sleeplessness
  • steels
  • stirs
  • strain
  • strengthens
  • stress
  • supports
  • sustains
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • toughens
  • uneasiness
  • whim-whams
  • willies

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