Thesaurus / aggrandizement
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synonyms for aggrandizement
- amplification
- augmentation
- boost
- buildup
- enlargement
- escalation
- growth
- multiplication
- raise
- rise
- swell
- upsurge
- upturn
- aggrandization
- augment
- upswing
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At his birthday party in season 3, Kendall plans to be lifted up on a cross, but then scuttles the gambit when even he recognizes the moment would read as aggrandizement.
9 CLUES THAT SET UP KENDALL’S BIG CLIFFHANGER ON SUCCESSIONELIANA DOCKTERMANDECEMBER 6, 2021TIMEApple’s apparent predominance in this survey might contradict the advice to play down the aggrandizement of an exiting CEO and highlight the compilation and transfer of an organization’s history to the next chief executive.
FOR TECH FIRMS, THE RISK OF NOT PREPARING FOR LEADERSHIP CHANGES IS HUGERAM IYERJULY 30, 2021TECHCRUNCHExecutive aggrandizement, the fourth threat, is the one that has really been engaged in pretty equally by both parties since FDR.
RBG, MINORITY RULE, AND OUR LOOMING LEGITIMACY CRISISEZRA KLEINSEPTEMBER 25, 2020VOXThe aggrandizement of one tends to excite a combination, or at least the wishes of many, to reduce him to the common level.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSONNapoleon had opened to him at Tilsit a dazzling vista of territorial aggrandizement.
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANERome had been too occupied with politics and aggrandizement ever to become cultured.
OLD-TIME MAKERS OF MEDICINEJAMES J. WALSHThey talked of the covetousness and want of scruple of the Knights, of their passion for aggrandizement and their rapacity.
SECRET SOCIETIES AND SUBVERSIVE MOVEMENTSNESTA H. WEBSTERHence, in the order of Providence, the dream of Charlemagne as to unbounded military aggrandizement could not be realized.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VJOHN LORDNow you ask: "What were his reforms, and what were his schemes of aggrandizement, for which we honor him while we denounce him?"
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VJOHN LORDSuch a restoration would have foiled their projects of aggrandizement in Eastern Europe.
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, VOLUME VIII (OF 8)JOHN RICHARD GREENWORDS RELATED TO AGGRANDIZEMENT
- 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
- markup
- option
- profit
- raise
- reinforcement
- rise
- supplement
- wing
- aggrandizement
- amplification
- baloney
- boasting
- caricature
- coloring
- crock
- elaboration
- embroidery
- emphasis
- enlargement
- exaltation
- excess
- extravagance
- fabrication
- falsehood
- fancy
- fantasy
- figure of speech
- fish story
- flight of fancy
- hogwash
- hyperbole
- inflation
- jazz
- line
- magnification
- misjudgment
- misrepresentation
- overemphasis
- overestimation
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- rant
- romance
- stretch
- tall story
- untruth
- whopper
- yarn
- acclaim
- acclamation
- advancement
- aggrandizement
- apotheosis
- applause
- blessing
- dignity
- elevation
- eminence
- ennoblement
- extolment
- glorification
- glory
- grandeur
- high rank
- homage
- honor
- idolization
- laudation
- lionization
- loftiness
- magnification
- panegyric
- plaudits
- prestige
- reverence
- rise
- tribute
- upgrading
- uplifting
- worship
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.