strengthen

strengthen is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.
2. transitive verb. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
3. intransitive verb. To grow strong or stronger.
4. verb. give a healthy elasticity to

   "Let's tone our muscles"

   Synonyms: tone

5. verb. gain strength

   "His body strengthened"

6. verb. make strong or stronger

   "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"

   "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

   Synonyms: fortify

Synonyms

tone, fortify

Common word forms

strengthens, strengthened, strengthener, strengthening

Words from these letters

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