expand - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

become larger in size or volume or quantity

Synonyms

• expand

More generic

• grow

More specific

• balloon
• billow
• inflate
• intumesce
• swell
• swell up
• tumefy
• tumesce

Verb

exaggerate or make bigger

Synonyms

• amplify
• blow up
• expand
• inflate

More generic

• increase

More specific

• puff up

Verb

grow vigorously

Synonyms

• boom
• expand
• flourish
• thrive

More generic

• grow

More specific

• luxuriate
• revive

Verb

expand the influence of

Synonyms

• expand
• extend

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

Related

• broaden
• extend
• widen

Verb

make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

Synonyms

• expand

More generic

• enlarge

More specific

• blow up
• develop
• inflate

Verb

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

Synonyms

• dilate
• elaborate
• enlarge
• expand
• expatiate
• exposit
• expound
• flesh out
• lucubrate

More generic

• clarify
• clear up
• elucidate

Opposite / Antonyms

• contract

More specific

• detail
• exemplify
• exposit
• expound
• illustrate
• instance
• particularise
• particularize
• set forth
• specialise
• specialize
• specify

Verb

extend in one or more directions

Synonyms

• expand
• spread out

More generic

• grow

Opposite / Antonyms

• contract

More specific

• bush out
• dispread

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