What is another word for toughen?
357 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ tˈʌfən], [ tˈʌfən], [ t_ˈʌ_f_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for toughen:- beef up (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- acclimate (verb)
- harden (verb)
- indurate (verb)
- inure (verb)
- reinforce (verb)
- season (verb)
- strengthen (verb)
- temper (verb)
- tighten (verb)
- weather (verb)
- other synonyms
- acclimate
- endure
- harden
- indurate
- inure
- other relevant words
- strengthen
- tighten
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Toughen:
n.
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- revise,
- move with the times,
- backpedal,
- convert,
- move on,
- change your mind,
- strong,
- renounce,
- adapt,
- capitulate,
- see reason/sense.
- beef.
v.
•acclimate (verb) •harden (verb)- consolidate,
- close,
- settle,
- stiffen,
- callous,
- crystallize,
- compact,
- vitrify,
- petrify,
- fix,
- clot,
- calcify,
- coagulate,
- fossilize,
- freeze,
- curdle,
- fortify,
- jell,
- cake,
- steel,
- ossify,
- congeal,
- brace,
- cement,
- gird,
- nerve,
- precipitate,
- contract,
- press,
- thicken,
- buttress,
- densify,
- bake,
- starch,
- dry,
- amalgamate.
- pillar,
- energize,
- add to,
- stroke,
- carry,
- enlarge,
- beef up,
- supplement,
- add fuel to fire,
- stress,
- hype,
- back up,
- prop,
- emphasize,
- support,
- underline,
- pick up,
- boost,
- increase,
- multiply.
- ready,
- uphold,
- substantiate,
- tone,
- Enhearten,
- rally,
- establish,
- make firm,
- prepare,
- invigorate,
- set up,
- flower,
- justify,
- burgeon,
- wax,
- back,
- animate,
- enliven,
- restore,
- sinew,
- bear out,
- flourish,
- add,
- rise,
- give weight,
- cheer,
- inspirit,
- empower,
- gather resources,
- tone up,
- vivify,
- prosper,
- step up,
- extend,
- regenerate,
- ascend,
- thrive,
- bloom,
- carry weight,
- heighten,
- embolden,
- renew,
- mount.
- pressure,
- fasten,
- grip,
- condense,
- bind,
- strain,
- pinch,
- crush,
- squeeze,
- narrow,
- compress,
- screw,
- cramp,
- tense,
- strangle,
- secure,
- stretch,
- clench.
- over come,
- sur-mounts,
- sticks it out,
- with-stand,
- rose above,
- riding out,
- sur-mount,
- sticking it out,
- ex-posed,
- bore brunt of,
- bare the brunt of,
- bears brunt of,
- with stands,
- becoming toughened,
- sur mount,
- bore against,
- rises above,
- bore up against,
- sticked it out,
- bears the brunt of,
- with-stands,
- over coming,
- sur mounts,
- bare against,
- bears up against,
- rid out,
- beared up against,
- over-coming,
- gets through,
- gat through,
- grows hardened,
- stuck it out,
- bearing the brunt of,
- ex-posing,
- ex-pose,
- grows strong,
- grew hardened,
- bearing against,
- with-standing,
- beared brunt of,
- over-comes,
- making it,
- makes it,
- growing hardened,
- beared against,
- ex pose,
- bear brunt of,
- sur-mounted,
- bare brunt of,
- bore the brunt of,
- bears against,
- became toughened,
- sur mounted,
- pulled through,
- bearing brunt of,
- bearing up against,
- rides out,
- growing strong,
- with standing,
- becomes toughened,
- with stand,
- over comes,
- rode out,
- sur mounting,
- bare up against,
- grew strong,
- with stood,
- ex posed,
- beared the brunt of,
- gotten through,
- getting through,
- sur-mounting.
Other synonyms:
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- indurate,
- firm up,
- sharpen,
- acclimatize.
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- surge.
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- firm.
- callouses,
- Caked,
- curdling,
- calloused,
- fossilized,
- Calcified,
- Calcifying,
- Starching,
- firmed,
- vitrified,
- Caking,
- curdled,
- Starched,
- fossilizes,
- callousing,
- firming,
- Fossilizing.
- rise above,
- pillared,
- bear up against,
- braze,
- soup up,
- get through,
- reinforce,
- Brazed,
- heats up,
- grow hardened,
- prop up,
- shore up,
- stood up for,
- shoring up,
- got through,
- made it,
- souped up,
- bear the brunt of,
- propping up,
- heated up,
- stick it out,
- heat up,
- rising above,
- become toughened,
- toughen up,
- under-lining,
- pillaring,
- shored up,
- stand up for,
- propped up,
- inure,
- tighten,
- bear against,
- grow strong,
- make it,
- Disciplining,
- disciplined,
- brazes,
- punch up,
- ride out,
- tempered,
- season,
- lend a hand,
- Brazing,
- strengthen.
- nourish,
- be tough,
- rejuvenate,
- restrengthen,
- hardening,
- anneal,
- lapidify,
- hearten,
- erode,
- acclimatise,
- discipline,
- build up,
- rug,
- endure,
- Enure,
- brutalize,
- vitalize,
- treat,
- make difficult,
- refresh,
- develop,
- encourage,
- annealing,
- hardened,
- enhance,
- tauten,
- sustain,
- confirm,
- reinvigorate,
- corroborate,
- brace up,
- undergird,
- tempering,
- innervate,
- armor,
- rigidify,
- coarsen.
Paraphrases for Toughen:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
harden.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Verb, base form
strengthen, strengthened, sharpen, intensify, heighten, exacerbate, enhance, enhanced, bolster, reinvigorate, deepen, increase.
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
tighten, stiffen, reinforce, reinforcing, emphasize, Re-enforce.
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Antonyms for Toughen:
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strengthen
discourage, dissuade, dishearten.
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temper
bend.
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Other antonyms:
enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, damage, sensitize, hurt, exhaust, paralyze, ameliorate, undermine, cripple, undercut, emasculate, ease, harm, wear out, moderate, injure, break down, sap, incapacitate, hamstring, impair, lessen.
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strengthen
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Hyponym for Toughen:
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strengthen.
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