strengthened

1. 1.

   given added strength or support

   “reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting”

   Synonymsreinforced

   Similarstrong

Other forms of strengthened

comparative

strengthenedder·

superlative

strengtheneddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about strengthened

What does strengthened mean?

strengthened means "given added strength or support".

How many syllables are in strengthened?

strengthened has 2 syllables: streng-thened. The stress falls on "streng". In IPA it is /ˈstɹɛŋθənd/.

What is another word for strengthened?

Close synonyms include reinforced. 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 strengthened a common word?

strengthened 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.