Synonyms for Aggrandize:

• n.

  •
  • acclaim,
  • applaud.
  •
  • build up,
  • swell,
  • beef up,
  • boost,
  • mount,
  • grow,
  • rise.
  •aggrandise (noun)
  • aggrandise.
  •aggrandize (noun)
  • dramatise,
  • embellish,
  • pad,
  • lard,
  • dramatize,
  • blow up.
  •deify (noun)
  • deify.

• v.

  •apotheosize (verb)
  • puts on pedestal,
  • put pedestal,
  • putting a pedestal,
  • put a pedestal,
  • putting on pedestal,
  • putting pedestal,
  • apotheosed,
  • puts on a pedestal,
  • puts a pedestal,
  • puts pedestal,
  • apotheosing,
  • putting on a pedestal.
  •augment (verb)
  • tagged on,
  • tagging on,
  • piggybacked,
  • tags on.
  •boast (verb)
  • bluff,
  • gloat,
  • vaunt,
  • strut,
  • lord,
  • crow,
  • pontificate,
  • swagger,
  • parade,
  • saunter,
  • prance,
  • bluster,
  • brag,
  • flaunt,
  • peacock,
  • cock-a-doodle-doo,
  • blow,
  • preen.
  •boost (verb)
  • jacking up,
  • jacked up,
  • jacks up.
  •cause something to seem or be greater, bigger (verb)
  • expand,
  • hike,
  • parlay,
  • heighten,
  • distinguish,
  • hype,
  • commend,
  • jump.
  •dignify (verb)
  • sub-limed,
  • up rearing,
  • sub liming,
  • up rears,
  • sub lime,
  • sub-lime,
  • up-rearing,
  • sub-liming,
  • up rear,
  • up-reared,
  • sub limes,
  • sub limed,
  • sub-limes,
  • up reared,
  • up-rears,
  • up-rear.
  •elevate (verb)
  • up grades,
  • up-graded,
  • up-grade,
  • up grading,
  • up graded,
  • up-grades,
  • up grade,
  • up-grading.
  •embroider (verb)
  • over emphasize,
  • overelaborating,
  • over estimate,
  • made federal case,
  • blowupping,
  • over-estimated,
  • dis-tend,
  • over-embellishing,
  • over elaborated,
  • over-emphasizing,
  • spread thick,
  • blow upping,
  • blow upped,
  • spreads on thick,
  • dis tends,
  • over-stated,
  • over stating,
  • over-elaborate,
  • blow-ups,
  • over embellishes,
  • over-states,
  • over states,
  • over elaborating,
  • over-elaborates,
  • stretched the truth,
  • over estimating,
  • spreads thick,
  • spreading on thick,
  • over-embellish,
  • co-loring,
  • dis-tending,
  • makes mountain out molehill,
  • over emphasized,
  • blowupped,
  • over-doing,
  • overembellishes,
  • stretching truth,
  • over does,
  • dis tended,
  • over-stating,
  • over embellished,
  • over doing,
  • over emphasizes,
  • spreading thick,
  • dis tending,
  • make mountain out molehill,
  • over-embellishes,
  • over did,
  • over elaborate,
  • blow ups,
  • over estimates,
  • over-estimating,
  • blow-upped,
  • made mountain out of molehill,
  • over-elaborating,
  • over embellish,
  • dis-tended,
  • over estimated,
  • makes federal case,
  • over-did,
  • blow-upping,
  • overembellishing,
  • over elaborates,
  • overembellished,
  • makes mountain out of molehill,
  • made mountain out molehill,
  • over-emphasized,
  • over-does,
  • over done,
  • making mountain out of molehill,
  • making federal case,
  • making mountain out molehill,
  • over-elaborated,
  • stretching the truth,
  • over embellishing,
  • stretches the truth,
  • co loring,
  • over state,
  • over stated,
  • over-emphasizes,
  • over-state,
  • dis-tends,
  • over emphasizing,
  • over-estimates,
  • overelaborates,
  • dis tend,
  • stretched truth,
  • stretches truth,
  • stretch truth.
  •enhance (verb)
  • pyramidded,
  • fleshes out,
  • pyramidding.
  •enlarge (verb)
  • jazzing up,
  • up surges,
  • makes larger,
  • slapping on,
  • up-surged,
  • jazzes up,
  • up surged,
  • grew larger,
  • giving details,
  • slaps on,
  • growing larger,
  • grows larger,
  • gives details,
  • up surge,
  • up-surge,
  • up-surges,
  • gave details,
  • making larger,
  • up-surging,
  • up surging,
  • jazzed up.
  •enrich (verb)
  • hiked up,
  • pouring it on,
  • pouring on,
  • re fines,
  • ran up,
  • souping up,
  • re fine,
  • re-fining,
  • making rich,
  • hikes up,
  • hops up,
  • pours it on,
  • hiking up,
  • re-fine,
  • running up,
  • end-owing,
  • soups up,
  • made rich,
  • re-fines,
  • pours on,
  • makes rich,
  • end-owed,
  • re fined,
  • end owing,
  • hopping up,
  • end owed,
  • poured it on,
  • poured on.
  •exaggerate (verb)
  • overpraise,
  • exaggerate,
  • distort,
  • Overdevelop,
  • hyperbolize,
  • stretch,
  • overvalue,
  • caricature,
  • overrate.
  •exalt (verb)
  • paying homage to,
  • ex-tolled,
  • trans figures,
  • payed homage to,
  • paid tribute to,
  • pays homage to,
  • set pedestal,
  • pays tribute to,
  • setting on pedestal,
  • payed tribute to,
  • trans-figures,
  • ex-tolling,
  • trans figure,
  • trans-figuring,
  • paid homage to,
  • ex tolled,
  • paying tribute to,
  • setting pedestal,
  • trans-figure,
  • ex tolling,
  • trans-figured,
  • sets on pedestal,
  • trans figured,
  • trans figuring,
  • sets pedestal.
  •expand (verb)
  • ex plicates,
  • pro-longs,
  • un-ravelling,
  • un ravelling,
  • ex-plicated,
  • un folds,
  • out spreading,
  • opens out,
  • out spread,
  • de-tailing,
  • de tail,
  • pro-tract,
  • un fold,
  • ex plicating,
  • un-raveling,
  • pro tracts,
  • out-spreads,
  • bulks up,
  • un-raveled,
  • pro tract,
  • un rolled,
  • ex plicated,
  • de tailed,
  • fanned out,
  • pro longs,
  • de-tailed,
  • de-tails,
  • un roll,
  • un furling,
  • un-roll,
  • un ravelled,
  • tacking on,
  • bulked up,
  • out spreads,
  • un-furling,
  • tacks on,
  • un-rolls,
  • un-ravels,
  • un-rolling,
  • pro-longed,
  • stretching out,
  • pro-tracts,
  • tacked on,
  • un-folds,
  • de tailing,
  • un folding,
  • pro-long,
  • out-spreading,
  • ex-plicate,
  • un raveling,
  • un-furled,
  • un-ravelled,
  • outspreads,
  • ex-plicating,
  • puffs up,
  • pro long,
  • ex plicate,
  • bulking up,
  • pro longing,
  • un-folded,
  • un-rolled,
  • un folded,
  • un rolls,
  • pro-longing,
  • un ravels,
  • out-spread,
  • fans out,
  • un-ravel,
  • un rolling,
  • de tails,
  • ex-plicates,
  • un-folding,
  • un raveled,
  • un-fold,
  • un furled,
  • de-tail,
  • un ravel.
  •extend (verb)
  • drags feet,
  • drag ones feet,
  • ex-tend,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • ex tends,
  • ex-tending,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • spinning out,
  • drags ones feet,
  • drags one feet,
  • runs on,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • ex tend,
  • ran on,
  • lets out,
  • ex-tended,
  • letted out,
  • strings out,
  • dragging one feet,
  • dragged one feet,
  • drag one feet,
  • ex-tends,
  • span out,
  • drags one's feet,
  • spins out,
  • ex tending,
  • ex tended,
  • dragging feet,
  • dragged feet,
  • stringed out.
  •honor (verb)
  • gives key to city,
  • gives glad hand,
  • looked up to,
  • live to,
  • are true,
  • rolled out red carpet,
  • am faithful,
  • gave key to city,
  • giving key to city,
  • wert faithful,
  • gave glad hand,
  • were true,
  • gave key city,
  • giving key city,
  • are faithful,
  • lived up to,
  • give key city,
  • lives up to,
  • is faithful,
  • being faithful,
  • wert true,
  • looking up to,
  • living up to,
  • rolls out red carpet,
  • rolling out red carpet,
  • gives key city,
  • was true,
  • art true,
  • being true,
  • am true,
  • were faithful,
  • wast faithful,
  • living to,
  • lived to,
  • looks to,
  • was faithful,
  • wast true,
  • lives to,
  • giving glad hand,
  • looks up to,
  • looked to.
  •increase (verb)
  • in-creases,
  • marks up,
  • in-creasing,
  • re-doubling,
  • in creasing,
  • in-creased,
  • re-doubles,
  • re double,
  • in creases,
  • re doubled,
  • re-doubled,
  • re-double,
  • re doubles,
  • in crease,
  • in creased,
  • in-crease,
  • re doubling.
  •inflate (verb)
  • sur charges,
  • sur charge,
  • sur charged,
  • sur charging,
  • sur-charged,
  • swelled up,
  • swells up,
  • sur-charge,
  • sur-charging,
  • pumps up,
  • sur-charges.
  •intensify (verb)
  • ex acerbates,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • ex acerbate,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • Intensated,
  • ex acerbated,
  • sets off,
  • ex-acerbate,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • intensates,
  • adds fuel,
  • Intensating,
  • ex acerbating,
  • toning up,
  • tones up,
  • heating up.
  •lionize (verb)
  • hero worshiping,
  • heroworshipped,
  • heroworshiping,
  • shows respect,
  • heroworshipping,
  • heroworship,
  • rolling out the red carpet,
  • hero-worshiped,
  • heroworships,
  • showing respect,
  • rolls out the red carpet,
  • hero worshipped,
  • hero worshipping,
  • heroworshiped,
  • rolled out the red carpet,
  • hero-worshipped,
  • hero worshiped,
  • showed respect.
  •magnify (verb)
  • jumping up,
  • jumped up,
  • jumps up.
  •multiply (verb)
  • pro creates,
  • pro-created,
  • pro creating,
  • pro create,
  • pro created,
  • re-peats,
  • re-peat,
  • multi plied,
  • multi-plied,
  • multi-plying,
  • pro-creates,
  • pro-duces,
  • pro-creating,
  • re peats,
  • pro-create,
  • pro duce,
  • re peat,
  • multi plying,
  • pro duces.
  •overestimate (verb)
  • over-appraise.
  •panegyrize (verb)
  • singing someone's praises,
  • sung someone praises,
  • sang someones praises,
  • sings someone's praises,
  • sings someones praises,
  • sings someone praises,
  • sing someones praises,
  • sung someones praises,
  • sung someone's praises,
  • singing someones praises,
  • singing someone praises,
  • sang someone praises,
  • sang someone's praises,
  • sing someone praises.
  •praise (verb)
  • pro claiming,
  • sung praises,
  • pro-claiming,
  • re-sounding,
  • pro claimed,
  • re-commend,
  • re commend,
  • re sounding,
  • raves over,
  • raved over,
  • re commended,
  • sang praises,
  • sang the praises,
  • paying homage,
  • gives thanks,
  • pro claim,
  • sings the praises,
  • pays homage,
  • re-commends,
  • paid homage,
  • re-commended,
  • smiled on,
  • re sounds,
  • sung the praises,
  • crying up,
  • re sound,
  • smiles on,
  • pays tribute,
  • re-sounded,
  • re-sounds,
  • singing the praises,
  • singing praises,
  • cries up,
  • Re-sound,
  • smiling on,
  • pro claims,
  • sings praises,
  • bows down,
  • raving over,
  • re commends,
  • makes much of,
  • made much of,
  • gave thanks,
  • pro-claims,
  • payed tribute,
  • re-commending,
  • re sounded,
  • payed homage,
  • re commending.
  •prefer (verb)
  • in clines,
  • art turned on to,
  • fixes up on,
  • fix up on,
  • pro-pounding,
  • is partial to,
  • art partial to,
  • pre sent,
  • were turned on to,
  • in-clines,
  • pro pounds,
  • pro pones,
  • was turned on to,
  • proponed,
  • de-sired,
  • wert partial to,
  • proponing,
  • optating,
  • woulded rather,
  • woulding sooner,
  • opted for,
  • de sired,
  • are turned to,
  • am turned to,
  • woulds rather,
  • woulding rather,
  • pro position,
  • is turned to,
  • wast partial to,
  • fixt up on,
  • de-sire,
  • were partial to,
  • was turned to,
  • is turned on to,
  • liking better,
  • pro-positions,
  • pre-sent,
  • in-cline,
  • pro pone,
  • pro-pounded,
  • are partial to,
  • de sire,
  • wast turned to,
  • pro-pones,
  • pro pounded,
  • likes better,
  • pro-positioning,
  • fixes upon,
  • pro-pounds,
  • optated,
  • de-siring,
  • de siring,
  • de-sires,
  • was partial to,
  • pro positioning,
  • art turned to,
  • woulds sooner,
  • wast turned on to,
  • pro pound,
  • in cline,
  • pro pounding,
  • be turned to,
  • pro-pound,
  • being turned on to,
  • are turned on to,
  • liked better,
  • optates,
  • pro-pone,
  • wert turned to,
  • pro positions,
  • being partial to,
  • wert turned on to,
  • woulded sooner,
  • de sires,
  • pre-sents,
  • pro-positioned,
  • am turned on to,
  • pro positioned,
  • fixing up on,
  • being turned to,
  • fixing upon,
  • am partial to,
  • fixed up on,
  • putting forward,
  • fixt upon,
  • were turned to.
  •promote (verb)
  • pro mote,
  • pro moting,
  • pro-moting,
  • pro motes,
  • moves up,
  • pro-mote,
  • moving up,
  • pro-motes.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • upsurge.
  •
  • escalate,
  • snowball,
  • burgeon,
  • wax.
  •
  • proliferate,
  • ennoble,
  • soar.
  •
  • uplift.
  •apotheosize
  • put on a pedestal,
  • apotheose,
  • put on pedestal.
  •boast
  • Strutting,
  • showboat,
  • cock-a-doodle-doos,
  • Grand-stand,
  • congratulate oneself,
  • showboating,
  • blow one's horn,
  • showboats,
  • blow horn,
  • talk big,
  • sound off,
  • hug oneself,
  • give a good account of oneself,
  • lay on thick,
  • psyching,
  • psychs,
  • attract attention,
  • vaporing,
  • flatter oneself,
  • jiving,
  • Strutted,
  • Preened,
  • Vapored,
  • jived,
  • jive,
  • blow smoke,
  • gasconade,
  • shovel,
  • PSYCH,
  • shoot,
  • laid on thick,
  • jives.
  •celebrate
  • lionize.
  •elevate
  • elevated.
  •expand
  • tack on,
  • spreading out,
  • unfurls,
  • opened out,
  • open out,
  • stretch out,
  • protract,
  • puffing up,
  • spreads out,
  • stretches out,
  • thickening,
  • fanning out,
  • opening out,
  • stretched out,
  • outspreading,
  • fan out,
  • spread out,
  • puff up,
  • expanding,
  • unfurled,
  • thicken,
  • outspread,
  • bulk up.
  •extend
  • drag one's feet,
  • Mantling,
  • running on,
  • stringing out,
  • run on,
  • string out,
  • cranes,
  • strung out,
  • Craned,
  • letting out,
  • spun out,
  • let out,
  • mantled,
  • Lasted,
  • Craning,
  • spin out,
  • crane,
  • drag feet.
  •increase
  • triple,
  • Tripled,
  • marking up,
  • tripling,
  • teem,
  • triples,
  • mark up,
  • marked up.
  •intensify
  • Intensate,
  • heated up,
  • heat up,
  • toned up,
  • tone up,
  • setting off,
  • heats up,
  • exacerbate,
  • set off.
  •lionize
  • hero-worships,
  • show respect,
  • hero-worshipping,
  • hero-worshiping,
  • roll out the red carpet,
  • hero-worship.
  •praise
  • bowed down,
  • giving thanks,
  • sing the praises,
  • rave over,
  • making much of,
  • smile on,
  • cried up,
  • sing praises,
  • pay homage,
  • paying tribute,
  • paid tribute,
  • give thanks,
  • Resounded,
  • cry up,
  • bowing down,
  • Reverencing,
  • bow down,
  • pay tribute.
  •Other relevant words:
  • exasperate,
  • overdraw,
  • spread,
  • dignified,
  • bloat,
  • ballyhoo,
  • adorn,
  • redouble,
  • overstress,
  • crown,
  • honour,
  • rarefy,
  • celebrate,
  • enshrine,
  • approve,
  • knight,
  • balloon,
  • adopt,
  • pyramid,
  • aught,
  • extol,
  • throne,
  • put on,
  • bolster,
  • upgrade,
  • do honor to,
  • erect,
  • pass,
  • puff,
  • widen,
  • graduate,
  • push,
  • throw a fit,
  • cram,
  • fill out,
  • disperse,
  • erupt,
  • fatten,
  • carry too far,
  • advance,
  • manifest,
  • raise,
  • immortalize,
  • footslog,
  • beautify,
  • glamorize,
  • large,
  • overreact,
  • add,
  • strengthen,
  • Superadd,
  • saint,
  • sanctify,
  • bedeck,
  • lionise,
  • canonize,
  • beatify,
  • Overspeak,
  • lay it on,
  • ensky,
  • amplify,
  • pedestal,
  • detonate,
  • lengthen,
  • travesty,
  • plod,
  • huff,
  • Uprear,
  • tout,
  • canonise,
  • make much of,
  • deepen,
  • accredit,
  • sublime,
  • burlesque,
  • overcharge,
  • enthrone,
  • great,
  • enlarge upon,
  • dilate,
  • Oversell,
  • stuff,
  • broaden,
  • develop,
  • render honor to,
  • lift,
  • set up,
  • puff out,
  • exalts,
  • Extravagate,
  • trudge,
  • plus,
  • stoke,
  • ziggurat,
  • aggravate,
  • Nobilitate,
  • bulk,
  • ornament,
  • sing praises to,
  • prettify,
  • explode,
  • add to,
  • compound,
  • distend,
  • pump,
  • overreach,
  • Sufflate,
  • pile it on,
  • draw the longbow,
  • bragging,
  • decorate,
  • go to extremes,
  • crescendo,
  • kick upstairs,
  • bulk out.

Antonyms for Aggrandize:

• v.

  • cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
    condense, disapprove, disgrace, lower, humiliate, shrink, keep, shame, denounce, contract, debase, dishonor, criticize, reduce, shorten, condemn, weaken, decrease, reproach, humble, degrade, censure, lessen, belittle, curtail, abridge, depress, diminish.
  • Other antonyms:
    abate, decry, downsize, retrench, demean, cut back, disparage, subtract, depreciate, minimize, dwindle, abbreviate, compress, de-escalate, detract, constrict, abase, minify.

Homophones for Aggrandize:

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