Definition for Toughen:

• To make or become tough.

Synonyms for Toughen:

• n.

  •
  • revise,
  • move with the times,
  • backpedal,
  • convert,
  • move on,
  • change your mind,
  • strong,
  • renounce,
  • adapt,
  • capitulate,
  • see reason/sense.
  •beef up (noun)
  • beef.

• v.

  •acclimate (verb)
  • harden,
  • accustom,
  • habituate,
  • get used to,
  • acculture,
  • toughen,
  • conform,
  • accommodate.
  •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.
  •indurate (verb)
  • casehardens.
  •inure (verb)
  • train,
  • make ready,
  • Familiarize.
  •reinforce (verb)
  • 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.
  •season (verb)
  • qualify,
  • mature,
  • school,
  • fit.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • 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.
  •temper (verb)
  • mold,
  • chill.
  •tighten (verb)
  • pressure,
  • fasten,
  • grip,
  • condense,
  • bind,
  • strain,
  • pinch,
  • crush,
  • squeeze,
  • narrow,
  • compress,
  • screw,
  • cramp,
  • tense,
  • strangle,
  • secure,
  • stretch,
  • clench.
  •weather (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • reinforcement,
  • intensify,
  • Caseharden,
  • bolster.
  •
  • indurate,
  • firm up,
  • sharpen,
  • acclimatize.
  •
  • fortification,
  • acclimate.
  •
  • surge.
  •
  • firm.
  •acclimate
  • Climatize,
  • Climatized.
  •endure
  • weather.
  •harden
  • callouses,
  • Caked,
  • curdling,
  • calloused,
  • fossilized,
  • Calcified,
  • Calcifying,
  • Starching,
  • firmed,
  • vitrified,
  • Caking,
  • curdled,
  • Starched,
  • fossilizes,
  • callousing,
  • firming,
  • Fossilizing.
  •indurate
  • Concreted,
  • Concreting,
  • Casehardening,
  • Casehardened,
  • concretes.
  •inure
  • making ready,
  • made ready.
  •strengthen
  • Toning,
  • toned,
  • Sinewing,
  • toned up,
  • made firm,
  • in spirits,
  • Sinewed,
  • flowered.
  •tighten
  • tensing,
  • tenses,
  • tensed,
  • rigidifying,
  • rigidified.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    harden.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    strengthen, strengthened, sharpen, intensify, heighten, exacerbate, enhance, enhanced, bolster, reinvigorate, deepen, increase.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    tighten, stiffen, reinforce, reinforcing, emphasize, Re-enforce.

Antonyms for Toughen:

• v.

  • harden
    melt, liquefy.
  • reinforce
    subtract, take away, weaken.
  • strengthen
    discourage, dissuade, dishearten.
  • temper
    bend.
  • tighten
    loosen, loose, relax, free, let go, release.
  • toughen
    flex, tenderize, soften.
  • 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.

Toughen Sentence Examples:

• I do my best to toughen him, and then he goes and cries to you!

Hypernym for Toughen:

• v.

  • change
    season, harden.

Hyponym for Toughen:

• v.

  • change
    strengthen.