What is another word for bolster?
1041 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ bˈə͡ʊlstə], [ bˈəʊlstə], [ b_ˈəʊ_l_s_t_ə]Table of Contents
Similar words for bolster:- artifact (noun)
- back up (noun)
- beam (noun)
- bolster (noun)
- brace (noun)
- cushion (noun)
- stanchion (noun)
- support (noun)
- advocate (verb)
- brace (verb)
- buoy (up) (verb)
- comfort (verb)
- cultivate (verb)
- cushion (verb)
- encourage (verb)
- expand (verb)
- feed (verb)
- gird (verb)
- help (verb)
- hold (verb)
- make light, encourage (verb)
- nurture (verb)
- perpetuate (verb)
- promote (verb)
- prop (verb)
- reassure (verb)
- reinforce (verb)
- shore (verb)
- strengthen (verb)
- support (verb)
- sustain (verb)
- uphold (verb)
- other synonyms
- bedclothes
- cheer up
- cushion
- expand
- feed
- keep going
- perpetuate
- strengthen
- support
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Bolster:
n.
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- harden,
- stiffen,
- invigorate,
- sharpen.
- back.
- plank,
- rafter,
- pilings,
- scantling,
- lintel,
- cantilever,
- sills,
- cross-piece,
- crossbar,
- stringer,
- scantlings,
- cantilevers,
- crosspieces,
- crosspiece,
- two-by-four,
- cross bar,
- lath,
- stringers,
- lintels,
- sill,
- crossbars,
- Laths.
v.
•advocate (verb)- gave a leg up,
- pro-pose,
- gotten bandwagon,
- giving lift,
- giving a leg up,
- de-fended,
- presses for,
- got bandwagon,
- re-commend,
- braced up,
- spreads around,
- get bandwagon,
- go bat for,
- gat bandwagon,
- is corner,
- spreading around,
- says so,
- gives leg up,
- give lift,
- stumps for,
- being in corner,
- said so,
- gave a lift,
- de fended,
- am corner,
- giving leg up,
- argued for,
- running interference for,
- campaigns for,
- art in corner,
- gives lift,
- re-commended,
- riding shotgun for,
- getting bandwagon,
- rode shotgun for,
- got on bandwagon,
- gave lift,
- holding with,
- rid shotgun for,
- de fending,
- pleaded for,
- de fend,
- de-fend,
- bracing up,
- am in corner,
- gives a lift,
- pled for,
- gotten on bandwagon,
- pro posed,
- ran interference for,
- plumps for,
- re-commending,
- give leg up,
- pro posing,
- spoke for,
- going with,
- is in corner,
- are in corner,
- wast corner,
- holds with,
- being corner,
- be corner,
- getting on bandwagon,
- held with,
- roots for,
- giving a lift,
- pro-posing,
- re commend,
- runs interference for,
- saying so,
- gat on bandwagon,
- gave leg up,
- was in corner,
- stumping for,
- are corner,
- pressed for,
- gets on bandwagon,
- pressing for,
- wert corner,
- was corner,
- pleads for,
- re commended,
- wert in corner,
- braces up,
- pro pose,
- wast in corner,
- stumped for,
- were corner,
- re commends,
- were in corner,
- speaks for,
- art corner,
- campaigned for,
- gets bandwagon,
- re commending,
- gives a leg up,
- rides shotgun for,
- de-fending,
- de-fends,
- re-commends,
- de fends,
- spake for,
- rooted for,
- argues for,
- plumping for.
- pre pare,
- pre pared,
- pre paring,
- pre-pares,
- re adies,
- pre-pared,
- pre-pare,
- re-adies,
- pre pares,
- pre-paring.
- in spirited,
- lightens burden,
- in-spiriting,
- de lights,
- putting at ease,
- quiets fears,
- granting respite,
- commiserating with,
- de-light,
- lightened burden,
- re vitalize,
- grants respite,
- puts at ease,
- up-raising,
- put ease,
- re-animated,
- up-raise,
- up raised,
- de-lighted,
- de-lights,
- re-animates,
- quieted fears,
- commiserates with,
- re-vitalizing,
- granted respite,
- in-spirited,
- in spiriting,
- re vitalizing,
- re-animate,
- re animates,
- re-animating,
- re-vitalize,
- up raise,
- re animating,
- up-raises,
- re-vitalizes,
- putting ease,
- up-raised,
- re freshes,
- commiserated with,
- re vitalizes,
- re vitalized,
- re-vitalized,
- de lighting,
- de lighted,
- re-freshes,
- re-freshed,
- re animate,
- in spirit,
- lightening burden,
- de-lighting,
- puts ease,
- re fresh,
- up raises,
- in-spirit,
- re-fresh,
- quieting fears,
- re animated,
- in-spirits,
- de light,
- up raising,
- re freshed.
- getting with,
- gets in with,
- shines up to,
- gets good side of,
- gotten good side of,
- sucked to,
- played to,
- re-fine,
- got with,
- shone up to,
- got in with,
- shined to,
- gets next to,
- re fines,
- got next to,
- gets on good side of,
- played up to,
- sucking to,
- playing up to,
- playing to,
- getting next to,
- gotten next to,
- re-fining,
- re fined,
- seeking friendship,
- taking pains with,
- gat next to,
- re fine,
- shined up to,
- getting on good side of,
- seeks friendship,
- plays to,
- shining up to,
- shining to,
- suck to,
- took pains with,
- get good side of,
- ran after,
- sought friendship,
- got good side of,
- got on good side of,
- runs after,
- getting good side of,
- shone to,
- sucked up to,
- gotten on good side of,
- sucks up to,
- plays up to,
- sucks to,
- gets with,
- takes pains with,
- gat with,
- gotten in with,
- getting in with,
- sucking up to,
- gat on good side of,
- gotten with,
- play to,
- gat in with,
- get with,
- re-fines,
- shines to,
- gat good side of.
- pat back,
- be-friending,
- be friend,
- be-friended,
- getting behind,
- pats on the back,
- got behind,
- pre vailing,
- sides with,
- patted on back,
- pre-vails,
- subscribing to,
- patting on the back,
- smiles upon,
- pre-vailed,
- pat the back,
- pre vail,
- pats the back,
- patted on the back,
- pulled for,
- smiles up on,
- patted the back,
- smiling up on,
- be-friend,
- be friended,
- pats back,
- pulling for,
- smile up on,
- patting back,
- pulls for,
- subscribes to,
- be friending,
- siding with,
- pats on back,
- gat behind,
- be-friends,
- smiled up on,
- pre vailed,
- in vite,
- gotten behind,
- pre-vail,
- smiled upon,
- pre vails,
- sided with,
- smiling upon,
- patting the back,
- patted back,
- patting on back.
- fanned out,
- out-spread,
- in-crease,
- un roll,
- pyramidding,
- un raveled,
- out spread,
- in creasing,
- out spreading,
- dis tends,
- bulking up,
- in creases,
- pyramidded,
- pro-longing,
- slapping on,
- out-spreading,
- outspreads,
- dis-tended,
- ex-plicates,
- un-folds,
- pro tracts,
- opens out,
- ex-plicate,
- pro-tract,
- de tail,
- piggybacked,
- de-tail,
- soups up,
- pro tract,
- un folding,
- de-tailed,
- un-fold,
- un-roll,
- multi-plied,
- de tailing,
- souping up,
- un-ravel,
- up-surging,
- in crease,
- in-creased,
- tacked on,
- un rolls,
- un-folding,
- bulks up,
- up-surged,
- dis-tend,
- un folded,
- pro long,
- un-rolled,
- de-tails,
- up surge,
- pro-long,
- un ravels,
- pro-longed,
- ex plicates,
- un ravelled,
- de-tailing,
- de tailed,
- un folds,
- de tails,
- slaps on,
- tacks on,
- un-furled,
- un raveling,
- ex-plicated,
- un fold,
- un rolling,
- up-surge,
- un-ravels,
- pro-longs,
- ex plicating,
- un rolled,
- dis tended,
- pro longing,
- stretching out,
- pro-tracts,
- un-ravelling,
- bulked up,
- un-folded,
- ex-plicating,
- un furling,
- out spreads,
- fans out,
- up surged,
- in-creases,
- puffs up,
- up surges,
- un-raveled,
- un-ravelled,
- un-furling,
- out-spreads,
- ex plicated,
- dis tending,
- un-rolls,
- dis tend,
- un furled,
- multi plying,
- un ravel,
- pro longs,
- un-rolling,
- multi-plying,
- up surging,
- un-raveling,
- ex plicate,
- tacking on,
- dis-tending,
- dis-tends,
- un ravelling,
- up-surges.
- de-livering,
- de livered,
- de livering,
- de-livers,
- pro vided,
- pro viding,
- Victualled,
- pro-vide,
- pro vision,
- de liver,
- pro visioning,
- wine dine,
- pro-visions,
- re gales,
- pro-vided,
- re-gale,
- pro vides,
- pro-visioning,
- de-liver,
- pro visioned,
- pro-vision,
- re-gales,
- pro visions,
- pro-visioned,
- re gale,
- de-livered,
- pro-viding,
- pro vide,
- pro-vides,
- de livers.
- keeps alive,
- kept existence,
- kept alive,
- keeps in existence,
- keeping alive,
- pre serves,
- keep existence,
- keeping existence,
- pre-served,
- pre serve,
- keeps existence,
- keeping in existence,
- pre served,
- pre-serves,
- pre serving,
- pre-serving,
- kept in existence.
- pro motes,
- pushes for,
- calls attention to,
- called attention to,
- pro-moting,
- pro-motes,
- pro mote,
- pushing for,
- pro-mote,
- pushed for,
- pro moting.
- re-sting,
- under-propped,
- Underpropped,
- underprops,
- under propping,
- under propped,
- under-propping,
- re sting.
- put one's mind rest,
- re assured,
- re assure,
- snapping one out of it,
- in-spiring,
- put mind to rest,
- snapping out it,
- puts one's mind to rest,
- snapped one out of it,
- re assuring,
- snaps one out of it,
- puts one's mind rest,
- re-assuring,
- gave confidence,
- snap one out it,
- in spired,
- puts one mind rest,
- snap out it,
- snaps one out it,
- in-spired,
- snapped one out it,
- gives confidence,
- puts ones mind rest,
- re-assures,
- putting one's mind rest,
- in spire,
- put mind rest,
- in spires,
- snapped out it,
- put ones mind rest,
- snapping out of it,
- re-assure,
- putting ones mind to rest,
- snapping one out it,
- put one mind rest,
- putting one mind to rest,
- snapped out of it,
- puts mind to rest,
- re assures,
- puts mind rest,
- puts ones mind to rest,
- putting one's mind to rest,
- putting mind rest,
- puts one mind to rest,
- snaps out it,
- putting ones mind rest,
- putting one mind rest,
- put ones mind to rest,
- put one mind to rest,
- putting mind to rest,
- re-assured,
- in spiring,
- in-spire,
- snaps out of it,
- in-spires.
- punched up,
- props up,
- heating up,
- adds fuel to fire,
- standing up for,
- under line,
- under-line,
- punching up,
- under lined,
- under lining,
- under-lines,
- under-lined,
- punches up,
- stands up for,
- under lines,
- adds fuel fire.
- up bore,
- up-bearing,
- up-bore,
- upborne,
- up bear,
- up-bears,
- up bearing,
- upbore,
- up-borne,
- upbearing,
- up-bear,
- up bears,
- upbears,
- up borne.
- makes firm,
- re generates,
- ex-tend,
- making firm,
- re news,
- ex-tending,
- re-generated,
- ex-tended,
- re-generates,
- re-news,
- re new,
- re-generating,
- re-stored,
- re generating,
- re-storing,
- ex tends,
- toning up,
- re-generate,
- tones up,
- re-stores,
- ex tending,
- ex tended,
- re stored,
- re-new,
- ex-tends,
- re store,
- re generated,
- ex tend,
- re generate,
- re storing,
- re stores.
- holding end,
- hold ones end,
- hold up end,
- held to,
- held one's end,
- up rears,
- holding up end,
- holding one end,
- held end,
- holds up end,
- up-holding,
- up rearing,
- holding up one end,
- up-lifts,
- hold end,
- up hold,
- held ones end,
- held up ones end,
- up-rears,
- holds up one end,
- holds up ones end,
- up-hold,
- up-lifted,
- holds ones end,
- up-rear,
- holds end,
- held up one end,
- held one end,
- holds one's end,
- up-lift,
- holding up one's end,
- up held,
- holds one end,
- up lifted,
- held up one's end,
- up lift,
- up rear,
- up lifting,
- up holds,
- up-reared,
- holding one's end,
- up-holds,
- up-rearing,
- up holding,
- hold up ones end,
- holding up ones end,
- up lifts,
- up-held,
- held up end,
- up-lifting,
- holding ones end,
- holds to,
- hold up one end,
- hold one's end,
- hold one end,
- holds up one's end.
Other synonyms:
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- intensify,
- brace,
- reinforcement.
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- horse,
- foundation,
- firm up,
- buoy,
- defend.
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- surge.
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- firm.
- comforter,
- counterpane,
- crazy quilt,
- tog,
- cover,
- pillowcase,
- blanket,
- electric blanket,
- canopy,
- eiderdown,
- pillow slip,
- sheet,
- mosquito net,
- spread,
- patchwork quilt,
- afghan,
- bedspread,
- coverlet,
- valance,
- bedlinen,
- bedding,
- sham,
- bedclothes,
- throw,
- quilt,
- duvet.
- slap on,
- diffuses,
- outspread,
- spreads out,
- bulk up,
- stretch out,
- fanning out,
- diffused,
- piggybacks,
- soup up,
- diffusing,
- stretches out,
- spreading out,
- unfurled,
- slapped on,
- outspreading,
- unfurls,
- upsurged,
- opened out,
- open out,
- thicken,
- piggybacking,
- souped up,
- upsurging,
- opening out,
- piggyback,
- tack on,
- stretched out,
- puffing up,
- Widened,
- expand,
- spread out,
- expanding,
- thickening,
- protract,
- puff up,
- fan out.
- Banqueted,
- handed,
- Victualed,
- banqueting,
- Victualing,
- Provisioning,
- Regaled,
- Handing,
- victual,
- Provisioned,
- Victualling,
- Regaling.
- Crutched,
- put forward,
- undergirded,
- take one's side,
- puts forward,
- be a foundation for,
- take the part of,
- keep from falling,
- Bottoming,
- crutching,
- go along with,
- rally round,
- undergirding,
- undergirds,
- throw in one's lot with,
- supporting,
- bottomed,
- boost morale,
- throw in with,
- stand behind,
- stick by.
- palmy,
- trudge,
- continue,
- comfortable,
- sleeping bag,
- guy wire,
- put in order,
- cot,
- bright,
- palang,
- afford support,
- mince,
- keep,
- endorse,
- substantial,
- hammock,
- mattress,
- probate,
- base,
- flourishing,
- cook,
- comforting,
- undergird,
- berth,
- fulcrum,
- Riprap,
- buoy up,
- favorable,
- back up,
- truss,
- embolden,
- bandage,
- casing,
- confirm,
- springs,
- Underset,
- substantiate,
- gloss over,
- champion,
- finance,
- design,
- excuse,
- bear,
- slog,
- pedestal,
- frame,
- subvention,
- strut,
- furbish up,
- abide,
- ratify,
- brighten up,
- opportune,
- prune,
- Subventionize,
- rub up,
- lend support,
- formation,
- hearten,
- Gloze,
- quilled suture,
- fashion,
- preserve,
- favourable,
- further,
- dramatize,
- increase,
- prove,
- golden,
- framework,
- uplift,
- patronise,
- nerve,
- mat,
- endorsement,
- be supportive,
- consolidate,
- inspire,
- pursue,
- roaring,
- upholster,
- substructure,
- brush up,
- pillar,
- spring,
- cheer,
- palliate,
- varnish,
- embroider,
- satisfying,
- rug,
- augment,
- keep up,
- verify,
- fend for,
- padding,
- lucky,
- validate,
- air mattress,
- espouse,
- prosperous,
- endure,
- stretcher,
- thriving,
- aggrandise,
- in favour of,
- cradle,
- shakedown,
- shoulder,
- follow,
- restore,
- facilitate,
- footslog,
- push in,
- subsidize,
- forward,
- crib,
- secure,
- column,
- second,
- innerspring mattress,
- upkeep,
- aggrandize,
- tester,
- touch up,
- renew,
- encouraging,
- subscribe,
- assure,
- bed,
- lard,
- underlie,
- affirm,
- steel,
- hearty,
- soften,
- blow up,
- simplify,
- runner,
- plunk for,
- plod,
- bunk,
- chassis,
- haul up,
- tramp,
- warrant,
- lean on,
- extenuate,
- cushioning,
- form,
- ensure,
- fabric,
- be behind,
- document,
- embellish,
- tolerate,
- circumstantiate,
- crotch,
- vitalize,
- repair,
- litter,
- consolatory,
- solid,
- corroborate,
- supportive,
- fill out,
- Underbrace,
- prosecute,
- vamp up,
- suffer,
- attest,
- bedstead,
- paillasse,
- four poster,
- pallet,
- supporter,
- certify,
- polish,
- dramatise,
- accelerate,
- border,
- authenticate,
- shape,
- filler,
- mainstay,
- bear out,
- kip,
- slur,
- advance,
- baluster,
- bearer,
- forge,
- hold,
- inspirit,
- fund.
Paraphrases for Bolster:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
strengthen.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
strengthen, strengthening, enhance.
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Verb, base form
lay, supported, solidify, augment, underpin, reinvigorate, fortify, entrench, reaffirm, heighten, redouble, substantiate, deepen, galvanize, propel, facilitate, Facilitating, uphold, accelerate, reassert, energize, revitalize, accentuate, endorse, broaden, exacerbate, upgrade, jump-start, enforce, raise, sharpen, complement, develop, elevate, reactivate, advance, ameliorate, toughen, prop, cement, foment, enlarge, restate, incentivise, ensure, revitalise, assert, enhance, contribute, Catalyse, re-energize, galvanise, re-establish.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
Antonyms for Bolster:
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v.
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help
neglect, decrease, stop, not support, halt, undermine, discourage, hurt, block, let down, hinder, obstruct, injure, prevent, weaken.
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Other antonyms:
undercut.
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help
Hyponym for Bolster:
n.
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artifact
pillow.
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artifact
v.