Broaden

//ˈbɹɑ.dn̩//

Synonyms for "broaden" (103 found)

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More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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manner of

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related to

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similar

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Translations

42 translations across 18 languages.

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Aromanian

1 entries
  • lãrdzescu verb (to make broad)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • разширявам verb (to make broad)
  • разширявам се verb (to become broad)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 擴大 /扩大 verb (to become broad)

Dutch

2 entries
  • verbreden verb (to make broad)
  • verruimen verb (to make broad)

Finnish

3 entries
  • laajentaa verb (to make broad)
  • laajentua verb (to become broad)
  • laajeta verb (to become broad)

French

2 entries
  • s'élargir verb (to become broad)
  • élargir verb (to make broad)

German

1 entries
  • sich weiten verb (to become broad)

Ido

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  • larjigar verb (to make broad)

Italian

4 entries
  • allargare verb (to make broad)
  • allargarsi verb (to become broad)
  • ampliare verb (to make broad)
  • ampliarsi verb (to become broad)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 広がる verb (to become broad)
  • 広げる verb (to make broad)
  • 広まる verb (to become broad)
  • 広める verb (to make broad)

Māori

2 entries
  • rangiwhāwhā verb (to become broad)
  • whakawhānui verb (to make broad)

Polish

4 entries
  • poszerzać verb (to make broad)
  • poszerzać się verb (to become broad)
  • poszerzyć verb (to make broad)
  • poszerzyć się verb (to become broad)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • alargar verb (to make broad)
  • alargar-se verb (to become broad)

Romanian

1 entries
  • lărgi verb (to make broad)

Russian

4 entries
  • расши́рить verb (to make broad)
  • расши́риться verb (to become broad)
  • расширя́ть verb (to make broad)
  • расширя́ться verb (to become broad)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ensanchar verb (to make broad)
  • ensancharse verb (to become broad)

Swedish

3 entries
  • bredda verb (to make broad)
  • breddas verb (to become broad)
  • vidga verb (to make broad)

Turkish

2 entries
  • genişlemek verb (to become broad)
  • genişletmek verb (to make broad)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Good movies broaden your horizons.

Source: tatoeba (30084)

Broaden your horizon so that as you become more and more able to take care of yourself you will move intelligently.

Source: tatoeba (280569)

Good films broaden our horizons.

Source: tatoeba (739932)

In this day and age, it is incredible that people still want to spend years learning some foreign language while they could learn Esperanto in a matter of weeks and broaden their reach to the entire world.

Source: tatoeba (1748926)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.