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Main Entry: expansion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: growth

Synonyms:

amplification, augmentation, breadth, development, diffusion, dilation, distance, distension, enlargement, evolution, expanse, extension, increase, inflation, magnification, maturation, multiplication, opening out, space, spread, stretch, swelling, unfolding, unfurling

Antonyms:

lessening, shrinkage, stagnation
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Expansion.
Category: 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS

Synonyms:

-nouns
expansion; increase of size; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion; obesity (size); hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation., dilatability, expansibility., germination, growth, upgrowth; accretion; budding, gemmation., overgrowth, overdistension; hypertrophy, tympany., bulb (convexity); plumper; superiority of size.
-verbs
become larger (large [more]); expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun., be larger than; surpass (be superior)., render larger (large [more]); expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten.
-adjectives
expanded; larger (large [more]; swollen; expansive; wide-open, wide-spread; flabelliform; overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical; pot bellied, swag bellied; oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended; patulous; bulbous (convex); full blown, full grown, full formed; big; abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate; tumefacient, tumefying.

Antonyms:

contraction
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Main Entry: addition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something conjoined to or enlargement of something

Synonyms:

accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing
Notes: an addition is something that, when added, serves simply to augment or extend that to which it has been added, leaving the character of the original unchanged; an addendum forms a separate distinguishable portion of the whole and it first meant 'a thing to be added'
Main Entry: amplification
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: increase in size or effect

Synonyms:

addition, augmentation, boost, boosting, buildup, deepening, development, elaboration, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, expatiation, extension, fleshing out, heightening, intensification, lengthening, magnification, padding, raising, strengthening, stretching, supplementing, upping, widening

Antonyms:

abridgement, compression, condensation, contraction, decrease, lessening, shortening
Main Entry: augmentation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: making greater; improving

Synonyms:

accession, accretion, addition, amplification, beefing up, boost, buildup, development, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, expansion, extension, fleshing out, growth, heightening, hike, increase, increment, inflation, intensification, magnification, multiplication, raise, reinforcement, rise, strengthening, swelling, up, upping

Antonyms:

decrease, degradation
Main Entry: boom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prosperity

Synonyms:

advance, boost, development, expansion, gain, growth, improvement, increase, inflation, jump, prosperousness, push, rush, spurt, upsurge, upswing, upturn

Antonyms:

collapse, failure, loss
Main Entry: boost
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: increase

Synonyms:

addition, advance, breakthrough, expansion, hike, improvement, increment, jump, lift, raise, rise, step-up, up, upgrade, wax

Antonyms:

blow, decrease, hindrance, setback
Main Entry: buildup
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: development; accumulation

Synonyms:

accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff, stack, stockpile, store

Antonyms:

decrease, destruction, reduction
Main Entry: colonization
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: settlement of area

Synonyms:

clearing, establishment, expanding, expansion, founding, immigration, migration, opening up, peopling, pioneering, populating, settlement, settling, squatting, transplanting
Main Entry: development
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: growth

Synonyms:

adding to, addition, adulthood, advance, advancement, advancing, augmentation, augmenting, boost, buildup, chrysalis, developing, elaborating, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, evolving, expansion, flowering, hike, improvement, increase, increasing, making progress, maturation, maturing, maturity, ongoing, ontogenesis, ontogeny, perfecting, progress, progression, reinforcement, reinforcing, ripening, spread, spreading, unfolding, unraveling, upgrowth, upping

Antonyms:

decline, decrease, stoppage
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