Synonyms for reinforcement
ˌri ɪnˈfɔrs mənt, -ˈfoʊrs-re·in·force·ment

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1. support, reinforcement, reenforcementnoun

   a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

   "they called for artillery support"

   Synonyms:
   support, backup, supporting, backing, funding, financial support, keep, accompaniment, reenforcement, reinforcing stimulus, bread and butter, reinforcer, musical accompaniment, reward, sustenance, strengthener, living, financial backing, documentation, livelihood

2. reinforcement, reenforcementnoun

   information that makes more forcible or convincing

   "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints"

   Synonyms:
   reinforcing stimulus, reenforcement, strengthener, reinforcer, support, reward

3. reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcementnoun

   (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

   Synonyms:
   reinforcing stimulus, reenforcement, strengthener, reinforcer, support, reward

4. strengthener, reinforcementnoun

   a device designed to provide additional strength

   "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"

   Synonyms:
   reinforcing stimulus, reenforcement, strengthener, reinforcer, support, reward

5. reward, reinforcementnoun

   an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

   Synonyms:
   wages, payoff, reenforcement, advantage, support, reward, reinforcer, strengthener, reinforcing stimulus

Matched Categories

1. • Approval
   • Confirmation
   • Device

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1. List of paraphrases for "reinforcement":

   strengthening, stiffener, strengthen, enhancement, reinforcing, consolidation, amplification, strengthened, enhancing, brace

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1. Sarwar Jan:

   We call them up for reinforcement when there is an attack, but they won't respond. So our forces are like: 'If they don't cooperate, why should we help them?'.

2. Samer El Gharib:

   That's the science of behaviorism, which says that you can teach anything by a carefully designed program of step-by-step reinforcement, whenever they become conditioned, the algorithm will discover that and we start removing notifications from their program.

3. Carrie Severino:

   When Thomas took the bench, Justice Scalia felt like he was the first line of reinforcement after years of fighting alone in the trenches to defend the original understanding of the Constitution, neither Justice Samuel Alito, nor Chief Justice John Roberts have the same level of commitment to the theory.

4. Hamdullah Danishi:

   Afghan security forces got control of Kunduz city from Taliban overnight after heavy fighting, after we got reinforcement and started a massive operation inside Kunduz city Taliban could not resist and escaped. ... We will give a full report soon.

5. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu:

   In many respects, this is connected with the situation in Ukraine, with fomentation of anti-Russian moods on the part of NATO and reinforcement of foreign military presence next to our border.