Home › Words › A › accourageaccourage/əˈkɜɹɪd͡ʒ/accourage means to encourage.accourage is pronounced /əˈkɜɹɪd͡ʒ/.EtymologyFrom Old French acoragier; à (from Latin ad) + corage. See courage.verbTo encourage.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.accrease 67% match — To increase. vs accourage →accresce 65% match — To accrue. vs accourage →accruer 63% match — The act of accruing; accretion. vs accourage →encourager 63% match — One who provides encouragement. vs accourage →encourage 62% match — To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. vs accourage →encouragement 61% match — The act of encouraging vs accourage →encouragee 61% match — A person who receives encouragement. vs accourage →encheer 61% match — To cheer; to encourage. vs accourage →