Synonyms of the word

bolster

• n. A large cushion or pillow.
• n. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy…
• n. (vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons which give the…
• n. A short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the…
• n. The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
• n. The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
• n. The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
• n. (architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
• n. (military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun…
• v. To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

fill

• v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• v. To enter (something), making it full.
• v. (intransitive) To become full.
• v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
• v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
• v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
• n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
• n. An amount that fills a container.
• n. The filling of a container or area.
• n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
• n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
• n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
• n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
• n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

pad

• n. A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
• n. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
• n. A soft, or small, cushion.
• n. A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
• n. The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
• n. Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
• n. A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
• n. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
• n. A sanitary napkin.
• n. (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
• n. (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
• n. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing…
• n. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
• n. A keypad.
• n. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
• n. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord".
• n. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
• n. A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
• n. (US, slang) A bed.
• n. (colloquial) A place of residence.
• n. (Britain, slang) A prison cell.
• n. (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
• n. A mousepad.
• n. (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
• n. (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
• v. (transitive) To stuff.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
• v. (transitive) To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
• n. (Britain, dialectal) A toad.
• n. (Britain, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road…
• n. An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
• n. (Britain, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
• n. The act of highway robbery.
• n. (Britain, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
• v. (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To travel on foot.
• v. (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
• v. (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
• interj. Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
• n. The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.

pillow

• n. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
• n. (geology) A pillow lava.
• n. (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
• n. (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
• n. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
• v. (transitive) To rest as on a pillow.

prop

• n. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• n. (rugby) The player who is next to the hooker in a scrum.
• n. One of the seashells in the game of props.
• v. (transitive) To support or shore up something.
• v. (transitive, usually with "up") To position the feet while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the…
• n. (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
• n. Similarly, an item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
• n. The propeller of an aircraft.
• v. To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously…
• n. A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.

reenforce

• v. Alternative spelling of re-enforce.

reinforce

• v. (transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
• v. (transitive) To emphasize or review.
• v. (transitive) To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.

shore

• n. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
• n. (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
• v. (obsolete) To set on shore.
• n. A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
• v. (transitive, without up) To provide with support.
• v. (usually with up) To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
• v. simple past tense of shear.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A sewer.