Antonyms for bolster
ˈboʊl stərbol·ster

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1. bolsternoun

   Synonyms:
   Dutch wife

2. bolsterverb

   To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

   Synonyms:
   Dutch wife

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1. bolster

   Antonyms:
   depress, dispirit, relax

   Synonyms:
   support, prop, help, aid, sustain, subsidize, patch, tinker, buoy

Matched Categories

1. • Fill
   • Prop Up
   • Reinforce

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1. bolster, long pillowverb

   a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

   Synonyms:
   long pillow

2. bolster, bolster upverb

   support and strengthen

   "bolster morale"

   Synonyms:
   pad, bolster up

3. bolsterverb

   prop up with a pillow or bolster

   Synonyms:
   pad, bolster up

4. pad, bolsterverb

   add padding to

   "pad the seat of the chair"

   Synonyms:
   footslog, tramp, trudge, aggrandise, fill out, aggrandize, slog, blow up, embroider, embellish, lard, dramatise, pad, plod, dramatize, bolster up

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1. bolsternoun

   Synonyms:
   cushion, pad, support

2. bolsterverb

   Synonyms:
   prop up, support, maintain

How to use bolster in a sentence?

1. William Urban:

   Exercises like this bolster our defeat-ISIS capabilities and ensure we are ready to respond to any threat to our forces.

2. Dan Blumenthal:

   The U.S. is moving in the right direction by more publicly engaging with Taiwan and supporting it. But it needs to bolster its deterrence against a PRC use of force, on Taiwan, the U.S. should engage the CCP in private diplomacy to outline the political and military costs it would face if it uses force against Taiwan. It should be told that there is no surer way to Taiwan de jure independence than CCP aggression.

3. Jessica Billingsley:

   At the end of the day, economics talk and jobs talk, i truly believe we're going to see some very meaningful and important movement coming out of this as states and governors look for a way to bolster their economy.

4. Israel Jews:

   While #Antisemitism is rising... synagogues are attacked Jews killed... democratic #Israel is demonized... Jewish institutions are forced to bolster security... The' paper of record' pours oil on the fire.

5. Somalia Nick Kay:

   But scaling back now will crush the hopes of millions of Somalis, endanger peace and security in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, bolster violent extremism globally and risk a renewed exodus of refugees, reducing effort should not be an option.

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