to bolster confidence

Examples

• All

• Closely monitored small group activity in which the teacher or aide observes the group at play, models appropriate strategies for initiating peer contact, and facilitates cooperative play is one helpful way to ease children into peer relationships and bolster their confidence in social situations.

  Academic text (1998)

• That further bolstered their confidence in my powers of salvation.

  Fiction book (1995)

• This does not bolster the customer's confidence in the system and its products.

  Academic text (1998)

• Russians, too, are looking for signs to bolster confidence in their country.

  Academic text (1999)

• Yes, it's designed to bolster individual confidence in a previous domestic automotive purchase.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Properly sequenced instruction can help to ensure the series of successes necessary to bolster students' confidence.

  Academic text (1998)

• So the more that we can instill confidence in kids and bolster the confidence in us as adults, the more we can accelerate right into our goals and our dreams.

• But turning Japan into a dependable ally will take more than new laws; the country must somehow bolster its self-confidence and self-respect.

  Academic text (1998)

• In addition, Ms. Heath planned to begin a Literature Circle based on student choice and hoped that the smaller group and appealing genre would bolster Sarah's confidence with peers.

  Academic text (2012)

• The teacher provided positive feedback to bolster confidence in her students.

Synonyms

E

to encourage

vsto bolster confidence

∞ 2.3

Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something

makes confidence stronger rather than focusing on prompting action

A

to assure

vsto bolster confidence

823 3.0

To tell someone something confidently to remove their doubts or fears

uses broader methods to strengthen confidence beyond just telling facts

L

to lift

vsto bolster confidence

215 3.7

To help someone become better off or more confident

aims to strengthen inner confidence rather than change external status

R

to reassure

vsto bolster confidence

163 3.4

To make someone feel less worried and more confident

builds confidence more widely rather than only fixing doubts or fears

E

to embolden

vsto bolster confidence

40 6.3

To give someone courage to do something

strengthens confidence generally rather than mainly adding courage to act

B

to boost morale

vsto bolster confidence

5 3.7

Make people feel more confident and positive

targets individual self-assurance rather than broad group spirit or enthusiasm

B

to buoy up

vsto bolster confidence

5.3

To make someone feel more cheerful and confident

increases confidence more directly rather than mainly improving mood

B

to bolster up

vsto bolster confidence

4.2

To give help to someone or something to make them stronger

focuses on increasing self-assurance specifically rather than general support

Antonyms

U

to undermine

270 6.8

Weaken a person or system slowly, often in secret, so it does not work well

D

to discourage

257 3.5

To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it

How Confident

to empower

157 4.2

to bolster confidence

1 4.0

to encourage

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology