Definitions

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).

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