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| Main Entry: | reinforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen, augment |
| Synonyms: | add to, back up, beef up*, bolster, boost, build up, buttress, carry, emphasize, energize, enlarge, fortify, harden, hype, increase, multiply, pick up, pillar, prop, stiffen, stress, stroke, supplement, support, sustain, toughen, underline, add fuel to fire, heat up, lend a hand, prop up, punch up, shore up, soup up, stand up for |
| Antonyms: | subtract, undermine, weaken, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | abet, aid, back, bail out, benefit, boost, collaborate, cooperate, do for*, expedite, facilitate, further, go for, go to bat for*, hype*, plug*, puff*, push*, reinforce, relieve, ride shotgun*, serve, stump*, support, sustain, thump*, give a boost, give a leg up, give a lift, go down the line for, go with, grease the wheels, lend a hand, make a pitch for, open doors, put on the map, root for, run interference for, stand up for, take care of, work for, work with |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt, stop, thwart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, piggyback, tag on |
| Notes: | augment means to add more of the same thing; supplement means to add something, usually to make up for a deficiency |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bolster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, bear up, boost, brace, buck up, bulwark, buoy, buttress, carry, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pick up, pillow, prop, reinforce, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold, shore up |
| Antonyms: | hinder, obstruct, prevent, undermine, not support |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | bandage, bind, bolster, buttress, fasten, fortify, gird, hold up, prepare, prop, ready, reinforce, shove, steady, steel, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten, uphold |
| Antonyms: | loosen, unfasten, let go |
| Main Entry: | build up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amplify, advertise |
| Synonyms: | add to, boost, develop, enhance, expand, extend, fortify, heighten, hype, improve, increase, intensify, plug*, promote, publicize, puff*, reinforce, spotlight, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | lessen, let down, play down, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buttress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support, bolster |
| Synonyms: | back up, beef up*, brace, build up, bulwark, carry, prop, reinforce, shore, step up, strengthen, sustain, uphold, jack up, jazz up |
| Antonyms: | let down, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consolidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; make firm |
| Synonyms: | add to, amalgamate, amass, band, bind, blend, build up, cement, centralize, compact, compound, concentrate, condense, connect, develop, fortify, fuse, harden, hitch, incorporate, join, league, mass, meld, mix, pool, reinforce, secure, set, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, thicken, unify, bunch up, concatenate, conjoin, densen, federate, hitch on, hook up with, plug into, render solid, slap on, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie in, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disperse, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | energize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | activate; give more life |
| Synonyms: | animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, invigorate, motivate, pep up, prime, quicken, reinforce, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, trigger, turn on, work up, zap*, actify, activize, goose*, innervate, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, liven up, pump up, put zip into, start up, switch on, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enhance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, embellish |
| Synonyms: | add to, adorn, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, beautify, boom, boost, build up, complement, elevate, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, heighten, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, pad*, pyramid*, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell, upgrade, flesh out |
| Antonyms: | decrease, fix, lower, minimize, reduce, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add or grow |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annex, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, extend, further, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, pad*, progress, proliferate, prolong, protract, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, sharpen, spread, step up, strengthen, supplement, swarm, swell, teem, thicken, triple, wax, widen, mark up, pullulate, slap on, snowball, tack on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deplete, diminish, lose, subtract |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intensify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more forceful, severe |
| Synonyms: | accent, accentuate, add to, aggrandize, aggravate, augment, beef up*, boost, brighten, build up, concentrate, darken, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, exalt, heighten, increase, lighten, magnify, point, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, sharpen, spike*, step up, strengthen, stress, whet, add fuel, heat up, intensate, pour it on, set off, tone up |
| Antonyms: | calm, lower, slow, soothe, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on*, vivify, zap, inspirit, liven up, revitalize, snap up, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, mend |
| Synonyms: | cover, darn, do up, overhaul, rebuild, reconstruct, reinforce, repair, revamp, sew, cobble, fiddle with, recondition, retread |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, rend, tear |
| Main Entry: | recruit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather resources |
| Synonyms: | augment, better, build up, call to arms, deliver, draft, engage, enlist, enroll, gain, impress, improve, induct, levy, mobilize, muster, obtain, procure, proselytize, raise, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retrieve, revive, round up, select, strengthen, supply, take in, take on, call up, fill up, find human resources, reanimate, sign on, sign up, store up, win over |
| Main Entry: | steel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare oneself |
| Synonyms: | animate, brace, buck up*, cheer, embolden, encourage, fortify, gird, grit teeth, harden, hearten, inspirit, make up one's mind, prepare, rally, ready, reinforce, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | fail, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, harden, inflate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tense, thicken, gel, inspissate, tauten |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, loosen, melt |
| Main Entry: | supplement |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add to |
| Synonyms: | augment, beef up*, build up, buttress, complement, complete, enhance, enrich, extend, fill out, fortify, improve, increase, pad*, reinforce, step up, strengthen, subsidize, supply, top, add fuel to fire, fill up, heat up, jazz up, punch up |
| Antonyms: | subtract |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set; make more dense |
| Synonyms: | add, buttress, cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curdle, deepen, enlarge, expand, freeze, harden, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, reinforce, solidify, stiffen, swell, widen, clabber, gel, grow thick, inspissate |
| Antonyms: | dilute, liquefy, melt, thin, water down |
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