Synonyms for elongate
verb make longerAntonyms for elongate
draw out
drew out
enlarge
- 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
extend
- 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
Word Origin & History
1530s, from Late Latin elongatus, past participle of elongare "to prolong, protract" (see elongation). Earlier in the same sense was elongen (mid-15c.). Related: Elongated; elongating.
Example Sentences forelongate
"We must wait a bit," says the old man, his face seeming to elongate.
And Johnnie's weight was not enough to elongate its set curves.
Also, used to elongate the mast of any boat by stepping it in a tabernacle.
Some of the species are simple, elongate and clavate bodies.
Levi Pope's face seemed to elongate as he contemplated Ford's question.
The scales do not elongate as in the pear, but the flower-buds are mixed.
(Hymenoptera L.) Maxilla corneous, compressed, often elongate.
The body is elongate and shark-like, and has a long saw-like snout.
The stomach is elongate and slender and narrowly rounded at the base.
The body of the incus is round and the short process is elongate.