Thesaurus:strengthen

Thesaurus

strengthen

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to make strong or stronger

Synonyms

• 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

• atrophy
• debilitate
• enervate
• enfeeble
• weaken

Hyponyms

• beef up (slang)
• enforce (obsolete)
• instrengthen (rare)
• make for (rare)
• temper
• tone up
•   —
• prop up (idiomatic)
• shore up (idiomatic)
•   —
• restrengthen

See also

• Thesaurus:augment
• Thesaurus:harden

Further reading

• “159. strength” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “strengthen” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.