strengthen

verb

strength·en ˈstreŋ(k)-thən How to pronounce strengthen (audio)

ˈstren(t)-

strengthened; strengthening ˈstreŋ(k)th-niŋ How to pronounce strengthen (audio)

ˈstren(t)th-;

ˈstreŋ(k)-thə-,

ˈstren(t)-

transitive verb

: to make stronger

intransitive verb

: to become stronger

strengthener

ˈstreŋ(k)th-nər How to pronounce strengthen (audio)

ˈstren(t)th-;

ˈstreŋ(k)-thə-

ˈstren(t)-

noun

Example Sentences

These exercises will strengthen your stomach muscles. He takes herbs to strengthen his immune system. The development of new electronic products has strengthened the company's position as the leader in digital technology. Holidays often serve to strengthen bonds between family members. Their financial situation strengthened her determination to find a new career. The team has been strengthened by the addition of several new players. The winds are expected to strengthen. The economy is slowly strengthening. The Canadian dollar is strengthening against the U.S. dollar. The trade restrictions will strengthen the pound. See More

Recent Examples on the Web Kim was combative toward South Korea in Thursday’s speech and urged his country to expand the operational roles of its tactical nuclear weapons and accelerate their deployment to strengthen the country’s war deterrent.

Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022 After making a handful of investments over the years to test their theses, Nigeria’s venture capitalists are raising follow-on funds to strengthen their portfolios for an evolving economic climate.

Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 However Khan appears to have leveraged his ouster to strengthen his base of popular support.

Susannah George, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Some human rights advocates, who have lobbied the Pentagon for years to strengthen its policies and practices to prevent civilian harm, praised the plan’s scope and breadth.

Eric Schmitt, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 The president of Mexico also visited the area and military reinforcements were sent into Tijuana to strengthen security, according to NPR.

Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 The seated bent-knee block hold demonstrated in this video works to strengthen low, deep core muscles while activating your inner thighs to help realign your pelvis.

Dana Santas, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 The trendy online furniture website is considering selling more shares to strengthen its balance sheet.

Charles Capel, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Telcos should stay up to date with their personalization efforts and consider expanding their budget allocation for gamification to strengthen any weak links in the customer experience.

Pramod Konandur Prabhakar, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 See More

strengthening 1 of 3

adjective

as in conditioning

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

conditioning
reviving
rejuvenating
stimulating
vitalizing
vital
bracing
invigorating
restorative
refreshing
tonic
beneficial
stimulative
life-giving
quickening
curing
therapeutic
remedying
rectifying
animating
cordial
rehabilitative
corrective
curative
remedial
exhilarating
reformative
recuperative
healthful
medicinal
healthy
reparative
reformatory
salutary
exhilarative
helpful
wholesome
salubrious
sharp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

weakening
draining
debilitating
deadening
exhausting
injurious
pernicious
deleterious
numbing
sapping
enfeebling
enervating
wearying
unhealthy
unhealthful
noxious
unwholesome
insalubrious

strengthening

2 of 3

noun

as in increase

Synonyms & Similar Words

increase
enhancement
heightening
amelioration
upswing
upturn
uplift
boost
breakthrough
evolution
betterment
advance
maturation
melioration
quantum leap
development
growth
uptrend
ripening
education
expansion
advancement
upgrade
refinement
revival
enlightenment
elaboration
renaissance
edification
civilization
innovation
gestation
perfection
find
windfall
renascence
discovery
invention

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

collapse
breakdown
weakening
reduction
decrease
crash
deterioration
impediment
failing
hindrance
worsening
decline
lessening
sinking
stumbling block
decay
slowing
degeneration
detriment
lapse
impairment
downgrade
descent
decadence
flagging
declension
drawback
shortcoming
diminishment
ebbing
disablement
setback
glitch
languishment

strengthening

3 of 3

verb

present participle of strengthen

as in hardening

to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force lifting weights every day will eventually strengthen your muscles the army makes new recruits run for miles in order to strengthen them

Synonyms & Similar Words

hardening
fortifying
toughening
energizing
tempering
vitalizing
annealing
restrengthening
invigorating
beefing (up)
firming (up)
toning (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

weakening
hurting
damaging
crippling
impairing
debilitating
undermining
harming
injuring
paralyzing
enfeebling
incapacitating
enervating
undercutting
breaking down
sapping
wearing out

as in fortifying

to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure required weeks of physical therapy to strengthen his arm enough to pitch for the team again

Synonyms & Similar Words

hardening
fortifying
adjusting
bolstering
reinforcing
toughening
bracing
inuring
boosting
indurating
adapting
supporting
steeling
seasoning
vitalizing
enforcing
acclimatizing
tempering
acclimating
invigorating
buttressing
training
immunizing
annealing
conditioning
accustoming
reenforcing
habituating
forearming
breaking in
naturalizing
propping (up)
limbering (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

softening
weakening
sapping
exhausting
crippling
enervating
debilitating
enfeebling
sensitizing
emasculating
incapacitating
hamstringing

as in enhancing

to make markedly greater in measure or degree encouraged the boarding school students to strengthen their ties with the community by doing public service

Synonyms & Similar Words

enhancing
deepening
intensifying
heightening
consolidating
reinforcing
boosting
broadening
expanding
amplifying
accentuating
sharpening
redoubling
augmenting
lengthening
emphasizing
stepping up
magnifying
extending
enforcing
accelerating
maximizing
enlarging
supplementing
stressing
beefing (up)
hastening
restrengthening
quickening
amping (up)
enlivening
reenforcing
exacerbating
aggravating
pointing (up)
jazzing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

reducing
decreasing
weakening
diminishing
moderating
lessening
abating
subduing
waning
dwindling
receding
alleviating
subsiding
tapering (off)
easing
lightening
toning (down)
letting up (on)

as in bracing

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally strengthened herself for the moment she'd have to tell her friend that she had lost the borrowed necklace

Synonyms & Similar Words

fortifying
bracing
readying
reinforcing
bolstering
poising
nerving
forearming
steeling
enforcing
sustaining
toughening
arming
hardening
buttressing
boosting
psyching (up)
encouraging
supporting
comforting
inuring
reenforcing
emboldening
inspiring
rallying
stirring
seasoning
heartening
rousing
buoying (up)
propping (up)
cheering (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

shaking
discouraging
undermining
weakening
softening
daunting
demoralizing
disheartening
unnerving
undercutting
sapping
debilitating
tiring
dispiriting
enervating
psyching (out)
enfeebling
prostrating

as in stiffening

to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe a bill was introduced to strengthen punishments for hate crimes

Synonyms & Similar Words

stiffening
toughening
hardening
harshening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

softening
easing
lessening
ameliorating
moderating

单词	strengthening
释义	strengthen verb strength·en ˈstreŋ(k)-thən ˈstren(t)- strengthened; strengthening ˈstreŋ(k)th-niŋ ˈstren(t)th-; ˈstreŋ(k)-thə-, ˈstren(t)- transitive verb : to make stronger intransitive verb : to become stronger strengthener ˈstreŋ(k)th-nər ˈstren(t)th-; ˈstreŋ(k)-thə- ˈstren(t)- noun Synonyms beef (up) fortify harden toughen See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences These exercises will strengthen your stomach muscles. He takes herbs to strengthen his immune system. The development of new electronic products has strengthened the company's position as the leader in digital technology. Holidays often serve to strengthen bonds between family members. Their financial situation strengthened her determination to find a new career. The team has been strengthened by the addition of several new players. The winds are expected to strengthen. The economy is slowly strengthening. The Canadian dollar is strengthening against the U.S. dollar. The trade restrictions will strengthen the pound. See More Recent Examples on the Web Kim was combative toward South Korea in Thursday’s speech and urged his country to expand the operational roles of its tactical nuclear weapons and accelerate their deployment to strengthen the country’s war deterrent. Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022 After making a handful of investments over the years to test their theses, Nigeria’s venture capitalists are raising follow-on funds to strengthen their portfolios for an evolving economic climate. Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 However Khan appears to have leveraged his ouster to strengthen his base of popular support. Susannah George, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Some human rights advocates, who have lobbied the Pentagon for years to strengthen its policies and practices to prevent civilian harm, praised the plan’s scope and breadth. Eric Schmitt, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 The president of Mexico also visited the area and military reinforcements were sent into Tijuana to strengthen security, according to NPR. Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 The seated bent-knee block hold demonstrated in this video works to strengthen low, deep core muscles while activating your inner thighs to help realign your pelvis. Dana Santas, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 The trendy online furniture website is considering selling more shares to strengthen its balance sheet. Charles Capel, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Telcos should stay up to date with their personalization efforts and consider expanding their budget allocation for gamification to strengthen any weak links in the customer experience. Pramod Konandur Prabhakar, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Kids Definition strengthen verb strength·en ˈstreŋ-thən strengthened; strengthening : to make, grow, or become stronger or more powerful Exercises will strengthen your muscles. strengthening 1 of 3 adjective as in conditioning Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance conditioning reviving rejuvenating stimulating vitalizing vital bracing invigorating restorative refreshing tonic beneficial stimulative life-giving quickening curing therapeutic remedying rectifying animating cordial rehabilitative corrective curative remedial exhilarating reformative recuperative healthful medicinal healthy reparative reformatory salutary exhilarative helpful wholesome salubrious sharp Antonyms & Near Antonyms weakening draining debilitating deadening exhausting injurious pernicious deleterious numbing sapping enfeebling enervating wearying unhealthy unhealthful noxious unwholesome insalubrious See More strengthening 2 of 3 noun as in increase Synonyms & Similar Words increase enhancement heightening amelioration upswing upturn uplift boost breakthrough evolution betterment advance maturation melioration quantum leap development growth uptrend ripening education expansion advancement upgrade refinement revival enlightenment elaboration renaissance edification civilization innovation gestation perfection find windfall renascence discovery invention Antonyms & Near Antonyms collapse breakdown weakening reduction decrease crash deterioration impediment failing hindrance worsening decline lessening sinking stumbling block decay slowing degeneration detriment lapse impairment downgrade descent decadence flagging declension drawback shortcoming diminishment ebbing disablement setback glitch languishment See More strengthening 3 of 3 verb present participle of strengthen 1 as in hardening to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force lifting weights every day will eventually strengthen your muscles the army makes new recruits run for miles in order to strengthen them Synonyms & Similar Words hardening fortifying toughening energizing tempering vitalizing annealing restrengthening invigorating beefing (up) firming (up) toning (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms weakening hurting damaging crippling impairing debilitating undermining harming injuring paralyzing enfeebling incapacitating enervating undercutting breaking down sapping wearing out See More 2 as in fortifying to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure required weeks of physical therapy to strengthen his arm enough to pitch for the team again Synonyms & Similar Words hardening fortifying adjusting bolstering reinforcing toughening bracing inuring boosting indurating adapting supporting steeling seasoning vitalizing enforcing acclimatizing tempering acclimating invigorating buttressing training immunizing annealing conditioning accustoming reenforcing habituating forearming breaking in naturalizing propping (up) limbering (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms softening weakening sapping exhausting crippling enervating debilitating enfeebling sensitizing emasculating incapacitating hamstringing See More 3 as in enhancing to make markedly greater in measure or degree encouraged the boarding school students to strengthen their ties with the community by doing public service Synonyms & Similar Words enhancing deepening intensifying heightening consolidating reinforcing boosting broadening expanding amplifying accentuating sharpening redoubling augmenting lengthening emphasizing stepping up magnifying extending enforcing accelerating maximizing enlarging supplementing stressing beefing (up) hastening restrengthening quickening amping (up) enlivening reenforcing exacerbating aggravating pointing (up) jazzing (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms reducing decreasing weakening diminishing moderating lessening abating subduing waning dwindling receding alleviating subsiding tapering (off) easing lightening toning (down) letting up (on) See More 4 as in bracing to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally strengthened herself for the moment she'd have to tell her friend that she had lost the borrowed necklace Synonyms & Similar Words fortifying bracing readying reinforcing bolstering poising nerving forearming steeling enforcing sustaining toughening arming hardening buttressing boosting psyching (up) encouraging supporting comforting inuring reenforcing emboldening inspiring rallying stirring seasoning heartening rousing buoying (up) propping (up) cheering (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms shaking discouraging undermining weakening softening daunting demoralizing disheartening unnerving undercutting sapping debilitating tiring dispiriting enervating psyching (out) enfeebling prostrating See More 5 as in stiffening to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe a bill was introduced to strengthen punishments for hate crimes Synonyms & Similar Words stiffening toughening hardening harshening Antonyms & Near Antonyms softening easing lessening ameliorating moderating
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