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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen, hearten |
| Synonyms: | animate, brace, cheer, embolden, encourage, enhearten, fortify, inspirit, invigorate, steel |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dishearten, fear, weaken |
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, inspirit, liven up, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, rouse, snap up, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on, vitalize, vivify, zap |
| Antonyms: | bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
| Main Entry: | strengthen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, hearten |
| Synonyms: | animate, back, back up, bear out, bloom, brace, brace up, burgeon, carry weight, cheer, consolidate, embolden, enhearten, enliven, flourish, flower, fortify, gather resources, gird, give weight, harden, inspirit, invigorate, nerve, nourish, prepare, prosper, rally, ready, refresh, rejuvenate, restore, steel, substantiate, temper, thrive, toughen, uphold |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dishearten, dissuade, weaken |
| Main Entry: | indurate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, caseharden, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, concrete, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix*, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, season, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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