Definition for Aggrandise:

• To exalt; to raise to wealth, honour, or power.

Synonyms for Aggrandise:

• n.

  •aggrandise (noun)
  • blow up,
  • embellish,
  • embroider,
  • aggrandize,
  • pad,
  • dramatize,
  • dramatise,
  • lard.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • aggrandise.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • fatten,
  • Sufflate,
  • saint,
  • lay it on,
  • beef up,
  • overdo,
  • detonate,
  • beatify,
  • footslog,
  • crescendo,
  • plod,
  • praise,
  • add to,
  • explode,
  • build,
  • enthrone,
  • Uprear,
  • dilate,
  • sanctify,
  • distinguish,
  • distend,
  • maximize,
  • pass,
  • hike up,
  • immortalize,
  • parlay,
  • knight,
  • applaud,
  • commend,
  • enshrine,
  • glamorize,
  • erect,
  • go to extremes,
  • overreact,
  • throne,
  • rarefy,
  • ornament,
  • lengthen,
  • swell,
  • Oversell,
  • huff,
  • overestimate,
  • canonize,
  • stretch,
  • kick upstairs,
  • make much of,
  • extol,
  • overstress,
  • multiply,
  • sublime,
  • hike,
  • jack up,
  • pyramid,
  • prefer,
  • talk big,
  • crown,
  • bulk out,
  • jump up,
  • raise,
  • intensify,
  • lionize,
  • pile it on,
  • thicken,
  • advance,
  • bolster,
  • broaden,
  • decorate,
  • boast,
  • uplift,
  • ballyhoo,
  • overreach,
  • caricature,
  • set up,
  • travesty,
  • puff up,
  • honor,
  • apotheose,
  • bloat,
  • pump up,
  • widen,
  • increase,
  • develop,
  • stretch the truth,
  • extend,
  • bulk,
  • heighten,
  • upgrade,
  • dignify,
  • Overspeak,
  • tout,
  • pump,
  • augment,
  • puff,
  • deify,
  • build up,
  • overpraise,
  • apotheosize,
  • carry too far,
  • boost,
  • burlesque,
  • ennoble,
  • graduate,
  • promote,
  • exalt,
  • fill out,
  • acclaim,
  • draw the longbow,
  • overcharge.

Aggrandise Sentence Examples:

• The whole family, while professing to be the obedient servants of the Pharaoh, nevertheless acted with a good deal of independence, and sought to aggrandise themselves at the expense of the neighbouring governors.

• We got her to look on Mr. Castleford as captain of the ship, and Clarence as first lieutenant; and when she was once convinced that he did not want to aggrandise the family, but to do his duty, she dropped her objections; and we soon saw that the occupations that his absence would impose on her would be a fresh interest in life.

Homophones for Aggrandise:

• achromatic, achromatous, achromatize, achromatise, aggrandize, acherontic.

Hypernym for Aggrandise:

• v.

  • communication
    glorify.

Hyponym for Aggrandise:

• v.

  • communication
    hyperbolise, amplify, hyperbolize, overstate, magnify, exaggerate, overdraw.