REINFORCEMENT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • they called for artillery support
    Hypernyms(s) reinforcement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) reinforcement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a device designed to provide additional strength
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the cardboard backing was just a strengthener
    • he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook
    Hypernyms(s) reinforcement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) reinforcement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • information that makes more forcible or convincing
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints
    Hypernyms(s) reinforcement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower