| Main Entry: | anneal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen |
Synonyms: |
harden, temper, thicken, toughen |
Antonyms: |
soften, weaken |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
Synonyms: |
amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
Antonyms: |
liquefy, melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acclimatize, prepare |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, accustom, anneal, climatize, discipline, fit, habituate, harden, inure, mature, qualify, school, steel, temper, toughen, train |
| Main Entry: | solidify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
Synonyms: |
amalgamate, anneal, bake, cake, cement, clot, coagulate, cohere, congeal, crystallize, densify, dry, firm, freeze, jell, petrify, set, stiffen, strengthen, thicken |
| Main Entry: | stiffen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become harder |
Synonyms: |
anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, firm, fix, freeze, gel, harden, inflate, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tauten, tense, thicken |
Antonyms: |
liquefy, loosen, melt |
| Main Entry: | strengthen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more forceful, powerful |
Synonyms: |
add, add fuel to fire, anneal, ascend, bolster, brace, build up, buttress, confirm, corroborate, empower, enhance, enlarge, establish, extend, fortify, harden, heighten, increase, intensify, invigorate, justify, make firm, mount, multiply, regenerate, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rise, set up, sinew, steel, step up, substantiate, support, sustain, temper, tone, tone up, toughen, wax |
Antonyms: |
break down, hurt, weaken |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
Synonyms: |
anneal, bake, braze, cement, chill, congeal, dry, indurate, mold, petrify, set, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, toughen, toughen up |
Antonyms: |
bend, flex, soften |
| Main Entry: | toughen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, acclimatize, anneal, brutalize, climatize, develop, inure, make difficult, season, strengthen, temper |
Antonyms: |
flex, soften, tenderize |
| Main Entry: | indurate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, acclimatize, amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, caseharden, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, concrete, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix*, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, season, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |