| Main Entry: |
expand |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
extend, augment |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize,
amplify, beef up, bloat, blow up,
bolster,
broaden, bulk up,
burgeon,
detail,
develop,
diffuse, dilate, distend,
elaborate,
embellish,
enlarge,
explicate, fan out, fatten, fill out,
grow,
heighten, hike,
increase, inflate, lengthen,
magnify,
mount,
multiply, mushroom,
open, open out, outspread, pad, piggyback,
prolong, protract, puff up, pyramid, slap on, soup up,
spread, spread out,
stretch, stretch out,
swell, tack on, thicken,
unfold, unfurl,
unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax, widen
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Antonyms: |
abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink
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