REINFORCING Synonyms

• a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

• imparting strength and vitality

• rousing or quickening activity or the senses

• that stimulates

• making lively and cheerful

• becoming stronger

• the act of increasing the strength of something

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

• support and strengthen

• prop up with a pillow or bolster

• add padding to

• concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement

• a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

• something that hardens to act as adhesive material

• any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

• a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

• make fast as if with cement

• cover or coat with cement

• bind or join with or as if with cement

• unite into one

• make firm or secure; strengthen

• bring together into a single whole or system

• form into a solid mass or whole

• make or form into a solid or hardened mass

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• give evidence for

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

• make strong or stronger

• enclose by or as if by a fortification

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• add nutrients to

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

• payment made in return for a service rendered

• an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

• the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property

• benefit resulting from some event or action

• bestow honor or rewards upon

• strengthen and support with rewards

• act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

• enlarge or increase

• grow or intensify

• a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

• support and strengthen

• prop up with a pillow or bolster

• add padding to

• a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

• reinforce with a buttress

• make stronger or defensible

• to stress, single out as important

• give extra weight to (a communication)

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

• spur on

• make strong or stronger

• enclose by or as if by a fortification

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• add nutrients to

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• impart skills or knowledge to

• give instructions or directions for some task

• make aware of