Choose the correct antonym of the word:- Bolster
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Weaken
To bolster means to support or strengthen something, such as confidence, a claim or an economy. (A bolster is also a long pillow that props one up.) Its antonym is weaken.
Example: The win helped to bolster the team's confidence.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Strengthen | to make stronger (a synonym of bolster) | Regular exercise strengthens the muscles. |
| (2) Weaken (answer) | to make something less strong or less effective (supporting and making weaker are opposite actions) | The long illness had weakened her heart. |
| (3) Reinforce | to make stronger by adding support (it too is a synonym) | Engineers reinforced the old bridge with steel beams. |
| (4) Restrain | to hold back or control (holding something back does not mean making it weaker, so it is not the opposite of support) | The police restrained the angry crowd. |
| Synonyms of bolster: strengthen, reinforce, support, boost Antonyms of bolster: weaken, undermine, sap, impair |