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synonyms for enlarge

  • add to
  • augment
  • boost
  • broaden
  • build
  • develop
  • expand
  • extend
  • grow
  • inflate
  • lengthen
  • magnify
  • multiply
  • swell
  • widen
  • aggrandize
  • amplify
  • bulk
  • diffuse
  • dilate
  • distend
  • elaborate
  • elongate
  • embroider
  • exaggerate
  • expatiate
  • heighten
  • mount
  • pad
  • pyramid
  • rise
  • snowball
  • spread
  • stretch
  • wax
  • beef up
  • blow up
  • give details
  • grow larger
  • jack up
  • jazz up
  • make larger
  • slap on
  • upsurge
See also synonyms for: enlarged / enlarging / unenlarged

antonyms for enlarge

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  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • compress
  • contract
  • cut
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • halt
  • lessen
  • lower
  • narrow
  • reduce
  • restrict
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • stop
  • constrict
  • decline
  • drop
  • fall
  • simplify
  • slump
  • condense
  • curtail
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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).

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How to use enlarge in a sentence

The next time you have a group chat, all the thumbnails will stay the same size, though you can still double-tap on a tile to enlarge it.
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President Eisenhower protected ANWR in 1960, and President Carter enlarged it to its current size in 1980.
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A look underground revealed that workers rebuilt the house, enlarging its gardens considerably after a massive earthquake in 62 CE.
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The revised plans elevate roadways by as much as five feet, enlarge detention ponds, increase storm-water pipelines, and strengthen bridges.
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Their perspectives enlarged by profound loss and empathy, they built a more just, collective future.
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Maybe you can enlarge your current role by mentoring and training new staffers, or by becoming a liaison to other departments.
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A small amount smudged gently on the outer corners of the eye looks nice and enlarges the eye.
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It offers hope to the person who is being heard and it enlarges the person who offers it.
THE PANDEMIC MADE US STRANGERS TO OURSELVES. WILL WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING WHEN IT'S OVER?SHERRY TURKLEMARCH 16, 2021TIME
His heart was slightly enlarged, probably the result of long-term high blood pressure.
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A more competitive tech industry — the solution offered by antitrust — will simply enlarge the number of elites making these decisions, without solving the fundamental problem.
BREAKING UP BIG TECH CAN’T SAVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BY ITSELFJORDAN HOWELLJANUARY 31, 2021WASHINGTON POST
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WORDS RELATED TO ENLARGE

  • accumulate
  • amass
  • build up
  • collect
  • enlarge
  • flow
  • gather
  • grow
  • increase
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