Synonyms for expand
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ik-spand |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspænd |
Top 10 synonyms for expand Other synonyms for the word expand
- aggrandize
- amplify
- beef up
- bloat
- blow up
- bulk up
- burgeon
- detail
- diffuse
- dilate
- discourse
- distend
- drag out
- elaborate
- embellish
- expatiate
- explicate
- expound
- fan out
- fatten
- fill out
- flesh out
- heighten
- hike
- inflate
- lengthen
- magnify
- mount
- multiply
- mushroom
- open out
- outspread
- pad
- piggyback
- prolong
- protract
- puff up
- pyramid
- slap on
- soup up
- spell out
- spread out
- stretch
- stretch out
- sweeten
- swell
- tack on
- thicken
- unfold
- unfurl
- unravel
- unroll
- upsurge
- wax
- widen
Définition of expand
Origin :- early 15c., "spread out, spread flat," from Anglo-French espaundre, Middle French espandre and directly from Latin expandere "to spread out, unfold, expand," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pandere "to spread, stretch" (see pace (n.)). Sense of "grow larger" first recorded 1640s. Related: Expanded; expanding.
- verb extend, augment
- verb go into detail
- I breathed freely, and my form seemed to expand itself with buoyant life.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Not being a knowledge of the whole truth it should be humble, tolerant, and eager to expand.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Surely it is much better to let their natural affections have time to expand.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Your heart will expand; your manly strength will increase a hundredfold.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- It is recognized that brick will expand and contract with changes in temperature.
- Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
- He has used man's highways and cars by means of which to expand his area.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- Then, how I would toil, toil, prune and expand his feeble ideas!
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- And where it had been incapable of expansion, it slowly began to expand.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- They should be placed so that the cane is able to expand as it grows.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- Why could it not expand before you pumped the air out from around it?
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
Antonyms for expand
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