Widen

/ˈwaɪdn̩/

Synonyms for "widen" (122 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Verb(6 words)

broaden extend breadthenbroaden scopebroadened broadens

accrue accumulateadd toadvance aggrandize amplify appreciate augment balloon bloatblow upboom branchbranch outbreed broaden buildbuild up

Noun(1 words)

broadening

Strong matches (36)

bulkbulk outcrescendodeal in generalitiesdeepen deploy develop dilate disperse distend ecumenicize enlarge escalate expand extend fanfan outfill outflare gain

Verb(10 words)

dilated dilates dilating enlarge enlarges enwiden expand expanded extended extends

Adjective(1 words)

diversified

Noun(5 words)

enlarging expanding extending flares further

Related words (61)

gain strengthgeneralizeget aheadglobalizego upgreaten grow hikehike uphuff increase inflate intensify magnifymake a generalizationmount multiply openopen upoutspread

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outstretch overgrow overrun proliferate puffpuff uppumppump upraise ramify rarefy riserun upshoot upsnowball splay spraddle sprangle sprawl spreadspread like wildfirespread outstrengthen stretch sufflate swell tumefy unfold universalize up wax

Noun(4 words)

increase extentlargesmore school community programwidescreens

Verb(6 words)

let outoutspreads splayed stretch thicken widthen

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

5 entries

alter broadening change increase modify

More specific

4 entries

extendrange expansionscope expansionstretch

Collocations

6 entries

widen accesswiden participationwiden the gapwiden the rangewiden the roadwiden the scope

Inflections

3 entries

widened widening widens

Derivations

2 entries

widening widthen

Antonyms

1 entries

narrow

similar

2 entries

expand extend

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Television helps us widen our knowledge.

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They're trying to widen the road to the village.

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They need to widen the road.

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Algiers needs to widen its streets.

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