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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How to use bolster in a sentence?

1. Larry Kudlow:

   This legislation is urgently needed to bolster the economy, provide cash injections and liquidity and stabilize financial markets to get us through a difficult and challenging period in the economy facing us right now.

2. Alex Spiro:

   I always worry in this country when the quantum of proof that should be needed in a criminal case, somebody has to try to use music lyrics to bolster that level of proof -- especially with the tortured history in this country of not having people in the system treated the same as others.

3. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen:

   Prospects are favorable for further improvement in the U.S. labor market and the economy more broadly, low oil prices and ongoing employment gains should continue to bolster consumer spending, financial conditions generally remain supportive of growth and the highly accommodative monetary policies abroad should work to strengthen global growth.

4. Doug Ducey:

   Anything we can do to further bolster these efforts is good news for Arizona and for our national security.

5. 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.