pat on the back

58 Moby Thesaurus words for "pat on the back":
      abet, aid and abet, ask for, assurance, assure, bear up,
      best wishes, bless, blessing, bolster, brace up, buck up, cheer,
      comfort, compliment, condole with, congratulate, congratulation,
      console, countenance, ease, embolden, emboldening, encourage,
      encouragement, feed, felicitate, felicitation, foster,
      give a bouquet, give comfort, give encouragement, good wishes,
      gratulate, gratulation, hand it to, hearten, heartening,
      inspiration, inspire, inspirit, inspiriting, inspiritment, invite,
      keep in countenance, nerve, nourish, nurture, pay a compliment,
      put at ease, reassurance, reassure, rejoice with, relieve,
      set at ease, solace, support, sympathize with