widen

Main Entry:
widen [wahyd-n]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: open up
Synonyms: add to, augment, broaden, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, grow larger, increase, multiply, open, open out, open wide, ream, spread, spread out, stretch, swell, unfold
Antonyms: cramp, narrow, restrict
Main Entry: broaden
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: extend, supplement
Synonyms: augment, breadthen, develop, enlarge, expand, fatten, grow, increase, open up, ream, spread, stretch, swell, widen
Antonyms: decrease, narrow, restrict
Main Entry: develop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: expand, work out
Synonyms: actualize, advance, amplify, augment, beautify, broaden, build up, cultivate, deepen, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, enrich, evolve, exploit, extend, finish, heighten, improve, intensify, lengthen, magnify, materialize, perfect, polish, promote, realize, refine, spread, strengthen, stretch, unfold, widen
Antonyms: circumscribe, compress, confine, decrease, lessen, narrow
Main Entry: distend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bulge, swell
Synonyms: amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, dilate, distort, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, lengthen, puff, stretch, widen
Antonyms: cave in, contract, deflate, fall, shrink
Main Entry: dredge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deepen
Synonyms: bring up, clean, dig up, raise, unearth, widen
Main Entry: enlarge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or grow bigger; increase
Synonyms: add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up, blow up, boost, broaden, build, bulk, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, give details, grow, grow larger, heighten, inflate, jack up, jazz up, lengthen, magnify, make larger, mount, multiply, pad, pyramid, rise, slap on, snowball, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax, widen
Antonyms: abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink
Main Entry: escalate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: increase, be increased
Synonyms: amplify, ascend, broaden, climb, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, intensify, magnify, make worse, mount, raise, rise, scale, step up, widen
Antonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, weaken
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
Antonyms: abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink
Main Entry: extend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make larger, longer
Synonyms: add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up, boost, broaden, carry on, continue, crane, develop, dilate, drag one's feet, drag out, draw, draw out, elongate, enhance, enlarge, expand, fan out, go on, heighten, increase, last, lengthen, let out, magnify, mantle, multiply, open, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, run on, spin out, spread, spread out, stall, stretch, string out, supplement, take, unfold, unfurl, unroll, widen
Antonyms: abridge, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink
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