Synonyms of the word strengthen


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strengthen

  • v. (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify;…
  • v. (transitive) To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
  • v. (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
  • v. (intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.

alter

  • v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • v. (intransitive) To become different.
  • v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

exercise

  • n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
  • n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
  • n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
  • n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
  • n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
  • v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
  • v. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
  • v. (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful…
  • v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

fortify

  • v. To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against…
  • v. To impart strength or vigor to.
  • v. To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.

modify

  • v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

tone

  • n. (music) A specific pitch.
  • n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
  • n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
  • n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
  • n. General character, mood, or trend.
  • n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
  • n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking…
  • n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
  • n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
  • n. The shade or quality of a colour.
  • n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
  • n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus.
  • n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy…
  • n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
  • v. (transitive) to give a particular tone to.
  • v. (transitive) to change the colour of.
  • v. (transitive) to make (something) firmer.
  • v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour.
  • v. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
  • pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).

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