Anti-foreign sentiment is often stoked by the Chinese government in order to bolster cheap nationalism.
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Bolster
//ˈboʊlstɚ//
Synonyms for "bolster" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
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More general
10 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
106 translations across 36 languages.
Bengali
2 entries- কোলবালিশ noun (large cushion or pillow)
- পাশবালিশ noun (large cushion or pillow)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- bantal paluk noun (large cushion or pillow)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възглавница noun (large cushion or pillow)
- крепя verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- поддържам verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- подпирам verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Campidanese Sardinian
2 entries- cabetzèra noun (large cushion or pillow)
- cabitzali noun (large cushion or pillow)
Catalan
1 entries- coixí noun (large cushion or pillow)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 墊枕 /垫枕 noun (large cushion or pillow)
- 靠枕 noun (large cushion or pillow)
- 加强 verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- 巩固 verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Czech
4 entries- podhlavník noun (large cushion or pillow)
- vycpávka noun (pad)
- oživit verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- podpořit verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Danish
1 entries- bolster noun (large cushion or pillow)
Dutch
4 entries- ondersteunen verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- stutten verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- veilig stellen verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- versterken verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Finnish
3 entries- tyyny noun (large cushion or pillow)
- tukea verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- vahvistaa verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
French
4 entries- traversin noun (large cushion or pillow)
- appuyer verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- renforcer verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- soutenir verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Galician
1 entries- traveseiro noun (large cushion or pillow)
Gallurese
1 entries- capitzali noun (large cushion or pillow)
Georgian
1 entries- მუთაქა noun (large cushion or pillow)
German
4 entries- Nackenrolle noun (large cushion or pillow)
- Polster noun (large cushion or pillow)
- bestärken verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- polstern verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Greek
3 entries- μαξιλάρα noun (large cushion or pillow)
- στυλώνω verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- υποστηρίζω verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Hungarian
4 entries- hengerpárna noun (large cushion or pillow)
- nagypárna noun (large cushion or pillow)
- párna noun (large cushion or pillow)
- vánkos noun (large cushion or pillow)
Indonesian
2 entries- bantal guling noun (large cushion or pillow)
- guling noun (large cushion or pillow)
Irish
3 entries- adhairt noun (large cushion or pillow)
- babhstar (leapa) noun (large cushion or pillow)
- ceannadhairt noun (large cushion or pillow)
Italian
4 entries- capezzale noun (large cushion or pillow)
- accrescere verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- consolidare verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- rafforzare verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Japanese
1 entries- 抱き枕 verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Latin
1 entries- cervīcal noun (large cushion or pillow)
Macedonian
1 entries- пе́рница noun (large cushion or pillow)
Māori
3 entries- haukaha verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- whakamarohi verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- whakatete verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بالش noun (large cushion or pillow)
- یاصدق noun (large cushion or pillow)
Persian
1 entries- متکا noun (large cushion or pillow)
Polish
4 entries- metalowa końcówka rękojeści scyzoryka noun (metallic end of a pocketknife handle)
- podgłówek noun (large cushion or pillow)
- podkładka noun (pad)
- podpora noun (short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam)
Portuguese
3 entries- cabeceira noun (large cushion or pillow)
- travesseiro noun (large cushion or pillow)
- apoiar verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Russian
4 entries- ва́лик noun (large cushion or pillow)
- поду́шка noun (large cushion or pillow)
- крепи́ть verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
- подде́рживать verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Sassarese
1 entries- cabitzari noun (large cushion or pillow)
Spanish
4 entries- almohada noun (large cushion or pillow)
- almohadón noun (large cushion or pillow)
- cabecera noun (large cushion or pillow)
- matriz noun (perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched)
Swedish
2 entries- bolster noun (large cushion or pillow)
- stödja verb (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support)
Tarifit
2 entries- tsummet noun (large cushion or pillow)
- tsunta noun (large cushion or pillow)
Telugu
1 entries- దిండు noun (large cushion or pillow)
Thai
1 entries- หมอนข้าง noun (large cushion or pillow)
Walloon
1 entries- tchefsî noun (large cushion or pillow)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It's amazing how a single compliment can bolster one's confidence for so long.
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The new evidence will bolster your case.
Source: tatoeba (9034284)
I can't sleep without a bolster.
Source: tatoeba (10006585)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.