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enlarge

[en-lahrj] / ɛnˈlɑrdʒ /
VERB
make or grow bigger; increase
Synonyms
STRONGEST
add to augment boost broaden build develop expand extend grow inflate lengthen magnify multiply swell widen
STRONG
aggrandize amplify bulk diffuse dilate distend elaborate elongate embroider exaggerate expatiate heighten mount pad pyramid rise snowball spread stretch wax
WEAK
beef up blow up give details grow larger jack up jazz up make larger slap on upsurge
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abbreviate abridge compress contract cut decrease diminish halt lessen lower narrow reduce restrict shorten shrink stop
STRONG
constrict decline drop fall simplify slump
WEAK
condense curtail

Usage

What are other ways to say enlarge?

Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work).

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.