INDURATE Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word indurate. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| harden | verbv | |||||
verb • become hard or harder • make hard or harder • harden by reheating and cooling in oil • make healthy • cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate | ||||||
| firm | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments adverb • with resolute determination adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • not soft or yielding to pressure • strong and sure • not subject to revision or change • (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling • not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall • securely established • possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause verb • become taut or tauter • make taut or tauter | ||||||
| fortify | verbv | |||||
verb • make strong or stronger • enclose by or as if by a fortification • prepare oneself for a military confrontation • add nutrients to • add alcohol to (beverages) | ||||||
| petrify | verbv | |||||
verb • cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright • change into stone • make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | ||||||
| reinforce | verbv | |||||
verb • make stronger • strengthen and support with rewards | ||||||
| solidify | verbv | |||||
verb • make solid or more solid; cause to solidify • become solid | ||||||
| stiffen | verbv | |||||
verb • become stiff or stiffer • make stiff or stiffer • severely restrict in scope or extent | ||||||
| strengthen | verbv | |||||
verb • make strong or stronger • gain strength • give a healthy elasticity to | ||||||
| toughen | verbv | |||||
verb • make tough or tougher | ||||||
| inure | verbv | |||||
verb • cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate | ||||||
| callous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • emotionally hardened • having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear verb • make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | ||||||
| pachydermatous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms adjective satellite • emotionally hardened | ||||||
