What is another word for toughen?
357 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈʌfən], [ tˈʌfən], [ t_ˈʌ_f_ə_n]
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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.
How to use "Toughen" in context?
One of the things people often refer to when discussing toughness is " grippiness." Being grippy means having the ability to keep ahold of something or someone. This comes from the word gripe, meaning to seize or to grip. Grippy means having the ability to hold on.
Grippy is important both physically and mentally. Physically, it can help us to stay safe and prevent us from being pulled or pushed around. Mentally, it can help us to stay focused and keep on track.
One way to increase your gripiness is to practice yoga.
Paraphrases for Toughen:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
harden.
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Independent
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Verb, base form
bolster, deepen, enhance, enhanced, exacerbate, heighten, increase, intensify, reinvigorate, sharpen, strengthen, strengthened.
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
emphasize, reinforce, stiffen, tighten, reinforcing, Re-enforce.
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Hyponym for Toughen:
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strengthen.
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