HARDEN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HARDEN?

Need another word that means the same as “harden”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “harden” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Harden” are: temper, season, indurate, inure, solidify, set, become hard, become solid, congeal, clot, coagulate, stiffen, thicken, cake, freeze, bake, crystallize, toughen, desensitize, make insensitive, make tough, make unfeeling, harden someone's heart

Harden as a Verb

Definitions of "Harden" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “harden” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make hard or harder.
• (of prices of shares, commodities, etc.) rise and remain steady at a higher level.
• Harden by reheating and cooling in oil.
• Make fit.
• Make or become hard or harder.
• Make or become tougher and more clearly defined.
• Become hard or harder.
• Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate.
• Make or become more severe and less sympathetic.

Synonyms of "Harden" as a verb (23 Words)

bake	Be or become extremely hot in prolonged sun or hot weather. Bake a cake.
become hard	Come into existence.
become solid	Enhance the appearance of.
cake	Form a coat over. The blood under his nose was beginning to cake.
clot	Form or cause to form clots. Blood clots.
coagulate	Cause (a fluid) to change to a solid or semi-solid state. Adrenaline coagulates the blood.
congeal	Become semi-solid, especially on cooling. The blood had congealed into blobs.
crystallize	Assume crystalline form become crystallized. No deduction is given for contingent liabilities until they crystallize.
desensitize	Cause not to be sensitive. Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection.
freeze	Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. This soup freezes well.
harden someone's heart	Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate.
indurate	Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. Indurated customs.
inure	Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. These children have been inured to violence.
make insensitive	Favor the development of.
make tough	Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way.
make unfeeling	To compose or represent.
season	Add a quality or feature to (something), especially so as to make it more lively or exciting. I collect and season most of my wood.
set	Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly. Once fruits have set feed weekly with a high potash liquid tomato fertilizer.
solidify	Make solid or more solid cause to solidify. Social and political pressures helped to solidify national identities.
stiffen	Restrict. He stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling.
temper	Make more temperate acceptable or suitable by adding something else. For a shiny sheen to the chocolate coating I recommend tempering the chocolate first.
thicken	Become thick or thicker. The fog had thickened.
toughen	Make tough or tougher. He tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school.

Usage Examples of "Harden" as a verb

• She hardened her heart.
• Wait for the glue to harden.
• As oil prices hardened from their recent lows, the US dollar fell.
• The wax hardened.
• Suspicion hardened into certainty.
• The cold hardened the butter.
• This served only to harden the resolve of the island nations.
• Brick is made of moist clay hardened by heat.

Associations of "Harden" (30 Words)

bond	Join or be joined by a chemical bond. The grandparents want to bond with the child.
brace	Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. He stood with legs braced.
calcareous	Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk. Calcareous soils.
calcify	Turn into lime; become calcified. These elements would calcify as rock.
cement	Fix with cement. Wooden posts were cemented into the ground.
constrain	Compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action. Duty constrains one to act often contrary to one s desires or inclinations.
deepen	Become deeper in tone. Her voice deepened when she whispered the password.
enhance	Make better or more attractive. This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat.
escalate	Increase in extent or intensity. The disturbance escalated into a full scale riot.
exacerbate	Make worse. The strong pound has exacerbated the situation by making it much harder for UK companies to compete on price.
fortify	Add nutrients to. The girl was fortified by her religious faith.
heighten	Increase. Heightened interest.
inflexible	Resistant to being bent. Once she had made up her mind she was inflexible.
intensification	Action that makes something stronger or more extreme. The intensification of agriculture.
intensify	Increase the opacity of (a negative) using a chemical. The dispute began to intensify.
intension	Resolution or determination.
lava	Rock that in its molten form as magma issues from volcanos lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface. Tablelands of lava.
osseous	Consisting of or turned into bone; ossified. Osseous tissue.
ossified	Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs. Ossified business practices.
ossify	Turn into bone or bony tissue. These tracheal cartilages may ossify.
reinforce	Strengthen (an existing feeling, idea, or habit. The helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork.
reinforcement	The strengthening structure or material employed in reinforced concrete or plastic. A small force would hold the position until reinforcements could be sent.
resistant	Offering resistance to something or someone. A water resistant adhesive.
steel	Knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod. She steeled herself to remain calm.
stiffen	Make stiff or stiffer. He stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling.
strength	The potency or degree of concentration of a drug, chemical, or drink. They were taking no chances with the strength of the retaining wall.
strengthen	Give a healthy elasticity to. This exercise will strengthen your upper body.
strong	Strong and sure. The competition was too strong.
tighten	Make tight or tighter. Tighten the rules.
toughen	Make tough or tougher. He tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school.