Thesaurus:harden

Thesaurus

harden

English

Verb

Sense: to make something hard or harder

Synonyms

• anneal (figuratively, archaic or poetic)
• harden
• indurate
• obdurate
• sclerotise
• solidify
• steel
• stiffen
• temper

Antonyms

• soften    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• freeze
• ossify
• petrify
• vitrify
•   —
• ruggedize

See also

• Thesaurus:hardness
• Thesaurus:hard
• Thesaurus:strengthen

Further reading

• “323. hardness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “harden” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.