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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How to use reinforcement in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Oumar Diakite:

   The Islamists were on motorbikes and some were on foot. They killed seven soldiers before they were chased out of the town around 11 by a reinforcement of the army.

4. Ismail Aden:

   We later came with reinforcement and recaptured the station, and we killed several of the militants.

5. Susan Whitbourne:

   Added to this rebellious component of the behavior is the anonymity provided by social media and the disinhibition it enables, once posted, these displays will generate a certain amount of social reinforcement( i.e. likes and thumbs ups), and so the behavior spreads.