potentiates

Makes more powerful

Potentiates means makes more potent or powerful, especially in pharmacology where one substance enhances the effect of another: Grapefruit juice potentiates certain medications.

More broadly, it means to enable or promote: Sleep deprivation potentiates anxiety.

The word appears mostly in technical and medical contexts.

amplification

enhances

Increases quality or appeal

augmentsAdds to increase
boostsIncreases or promotes
intensifiesIncreases in strength

magnifies · strengthens · amplifies · heightens · increases · reinforces · multiplies · escalates · elevates · fortifies

activation

triggers

Causes or activates

initiatesStarts or new members
catalyzesHastens a reaction
inducesCauses to occur

stimulates · precipitates · sparks · enables · awakens · primes · provokes · elicits · generates · mobilizes

pharmacology

synergism

Combined effect exceeding individual contributions

agonistReceptor-binding trigger molecule
adjuvantImmunity-boosting additive
cofactorEnzyme-activating compound

sensitizer · modulator · bioavailability · receptor · inhibitor · antagonist · substrate · metabolite · interaction · dosage

facilitation

enables

Makes something possible

promotesAdvocates or elevates
fostersEncourages development of
supportsSustains or reinforces

encourages · advances · cultivates · nurtures · furthers · aids · assists · empowers · permits · allows

Opposites

effect enhancement

potentiatesdiminishes

Becomes smaller or weaker

weakens · inhibits · attenuates · reduces · lessens

enabling/activation

potentiatesblocks

Obstructs or sections

prevents · inhibits · antagonizes · negates · neutralizes

Family

potential, potent, impotent, potency, potentially, impotence, omnipotent, potentiality, omnipotence

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