Synonyms 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

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

   Antonyms:
   depress, dispirit, relax

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Fill
   • Prop Up
   • Reinforce

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1. bolsternoun

   Synonyms:
   cushion, pad, support

2. bolsterverb

   Synonyms:
   prop up, support, maintain

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1. List of paraphrases for "bolster":

   upholstery, strengthen, reinforce, enhance, support

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1. Eric Foley:

   First lady Ri seems to have been portrayed as offering guidance – not to her husband, of course, but to the factory workers. It is rare for anyone other than Kim Jong Un, or Kim Jong Il or Kim Il Sung before him, to publicly offer guidance to anyone, even at the highest level, most trusted people are rarely ever shown doing that. So this certainly shows a high level of official trust in her. It also suggests an effort to bolster and soften the public positioning of the Pyongyang line to have him visit a cosmetics factory, and have them both appearing to offer guidance to the workers.

2. Abraham Denmark:

   But they are looking to bolster their relationships with the United States because possibly they want American economic engagement and political engagement, but also because it gives them a bit more breathing space in their relations with Beijing and Moscow.

3. Atheendar Venkataramani:

   The study is important because it shows that when economic opportunities collapse, it not only has consequences for people's economic wellbeing but it might adversely affect their health too, economic opportunity matters for our health, and as the forces that are shifting economic opportunities for people are continuing to evolve, we have to think about how policies can both make people resilient -- from a health sense -- to the negative changes that might happen, and we also have to think about what types of policies on the economic side may actually give people opportunities, which may also bolster their health.

4. Harry Harris:

   Working trilaterally, I believe we can bolster our collective defense against North Korean provocations.

5. Jiang Liping:

   China is heading an energy revolution led by the transformation to low-carbon energy and the opening up of its wholesale power market, and storage will be important to bolster the changes.