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fortifier

fortifier

5.4
A person or substance that makes something stronger and more useful
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔrtɪˌfaɪər/
translation icon : fortificante
  • The new fortifier can maximize the nutritional value of the baby formula.

Examples

  • She didn't seem to like the milk fortifier very much (this gives additional calories to the breast milk to help gain weight), but they tried it again tonight, so hopefully she tolerates it better.

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  • Adding a milk fortifier helped improve the health of premature infants in the hospital.

  • Farmers often use a mineral fortifier to enhance the growth of their crops.

Synonyms

reinforcement
vsfortifier
108 3.9

Extra material added to make something stronger or support it

often refers to an added part rather than an acting person or substance
strengthener
vsfortifier
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A thing you add to help something hold more weight

can be a person or substance and also boost effectiveness
potentiator
vsfortifier
8.5

A person or thing that makes something more powerful and more likely

focuses on making things stronger or more effective directly

Antonyms

diluter
6.8

A person or thing that makes something weaker and less pure

How Effective

reinforcement
108 3.9
fortifier
5.4
booster
  • Jargon
2 3.3
to support
753 1.4
to aid
238 1.0

Surface Forms

fortifier singular
fortifiers plural

Morphology

fortifier = fortify (transparent) = fortify + er

Regular agent/instrument formation from the verb 'fortify' using the productive suffix '-er', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Fortifier comes from the Latin root fortis, meaning 'strong', and is the same root as fort, the word for a strong building, and fortify, which means 'to make strong'. So a fortifier is something or someone that makes things stronger or more effective.