fortified

1. 1.

   secured with bastions or fortifications

   Synonymsbastioned

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2. 2.

   having something added to increase the strength

   “fortified wine”

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Questions about fortified

What does fortified mean?

fortified means "secured with bastions or fortifications". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fortified?

fortified has 3 syllables: for-ti-fied. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹtəˌfaɪd/.

What is another word for fortified?

Close synonyms include bastioned. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fortified a common word?

fortified is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fortified?

42 words rhyme with fortified. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.