Synonyms of buoying (up)

buoying (up)

verb

present participle of buoy (up)

as in inspiring

to fill with courage or strength of purpose

the sudden improvement in his health buoyed him up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inspiring
• encouraging
• cheering (up)
• bearing up
• chirking (up)
• bucking up
• inspiriting
• reinforcing
• emboldening
• heartening
• steeling
• stimulating
• enforcing
• invigorating
• enlivening
• animating
• reassuring
• provoking
• strengthening
• reenforcing
• exciting
• assuring
• stirring
• energizing
• rallying
• galvanizing
• fortifying
• quickening
• boosting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraging
• daunting
• disheartening
• undermining
• depressing
• weakening
• demoralizing
• debilitating
• dispiriting
• intimidating
• saddening
• psyching (out)
• enfeebling
• hamstringing