Synonyms of reinforcement

reinforcement

noun

ˌrē-ən-ˈfȯrs-mənt 

as in support

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else

the consulting architect suggested using additional steel reinforcements to counteract the bridge's design flaw

Synonyms & Similar Words

• support
• shore
• brace
• pillar
• mounting
• foundation
• prop
• mount
• spur
• stay
• underpinning
• buttress
• column
• crutch
• truss
• arch
• shoring
• bracket
• cantilever
• pedestal
• frame
• bolster
• girder
• bearing
• stand
• peg
• pilaster
• stake
• base
• strut
• post
• stanchion
• stilt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reinforcement

Germany failed in its objective to capture Calais and Boulogne, the ports where British reinforcements disembarked, and the front settled down on a long ​north–​south line from near Ostend in Belgium to the Swiss border. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

It is based on a human-language model called Qwen3-14B but was retrained using DNA, followed by reinforcement learning and supervised fine-tuning. — ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

Events unfold over one evening as a hurricane rolls in, blocking communication from the outside world and preventing reinforcements from arriving. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

On October 1st, OpenAI resumed reinforcement learning training and internal inference with tighter security measures, the blog post says. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026