Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strengthener

1 sense of strengthener

Sense 1
strengthener, reinforcement -- (a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook")
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")