Thesaurus:strengthen
English edit
Verb edit
(transitive)
Sense: to make strong or stronger edit
Synonyms edit
- anneal (figuratively, archaic or poetic)
- brace
- build up (idiomatic)
- confirm
- enstrengthen (obsolete)
- fortify (figuratively)
- harden [⇒ thesaurus] (figuratively)
- intend (obsolete)
- indurate
- invigorate
- munite (obsolete)
- nerve [⇒ thesaurus]
- reinforce
- roborate (obsolete)
- steel
- strength (obsolete)
- strengthen
- thicken [⇒ thesaurus]
Antonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- beef up (slang)
- enforce (obsolete)
- instrengthen (rare)
- make for (rare)
- temper
- tone up
- —
- prop up (idiomatic)
- shore up (idiomatic)
- —
- restrengthen
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “159. strength” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “strengthen” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.