reinforce

reinforce

verb

Definition of REINFORCE

to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea) <letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate>

Synonyms back, bolster, buttress, corroborate, reinforce (also reenforce), shore (up), substantiate

Related Words confirm, establish, prove, verify; affirm, avouch, validate

Near Antonyms undercut, undermine, weaken

Variants of REINFORCE

reinforce also reenforce