reinforce

Speech parts

1. reinforce - Noun

2. reinforce - Verb

Meaning

See Reenforce, v. t.

See Reenforce, n.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

encourage reward strengthen bolster augment fortify buttress harden support increase expand enhance emphasize sustain confirm
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Antonyms

sap reef water lower prevent daunt
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Hypernyms

learn teach strengthen fortify instruct beef up

Hyponyms

line mine bolster buttress bolster up

Phrases with the word

self-reinforce

Anagrams

confrerie

Examples

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship. Mao Zedong

You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument. Samuel Johnson

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed. Wim Wenders

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author.. reasoning powers must be brought to reinforce imagination. Flora Thompson

We must reinforce argument with results. Booker T. Washington

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left's on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before it becomes essential to tweet. Barney Frank

Close letter words and terms

reinflict reinfliction reinfluence reinforceability reinforceable reinforced