hearten

Questions about hearten

What does hearten mean?

hearten means "give encouragement to".

How many syllables are in hearten?

hearten has 2 syllables: hear-ten. The stress falls on "hear". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹtən/.

What is another word for hearten?

Close synonyms include cheer, recreate, embolden. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of hearten?

The recorded antonyms are dishearten.

Is hearten a common word?

hearten is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.