Definition for Distend:

• Distensibility.

Synonyms for Distend:

• v.

  •bulge, swell (verb)
  • distort.
  •expand (verb)
  • engorge,
  • increment,
  • burgeon,
  • grow,
  • thicken,
  • spread.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • magnification.
  •bulge
  • protuberate.
  •come through
  • protrude.
  •expand
  • outspread,
  • soup up,
  • spread out.
  •Other relevant words:
  • deploy,
  • Outstretch,
  • heave,
  • overrun,
  • dilatation,
  • tire,
  • put forth,
  • exhaust,
  • conceit,
  • outgrow,
  • enhance,
  • open,
  • gather,
  • top,
  • distention,
  • spread like wildfire,
  • pad,
  • shoot,
  • elongate,
  • germinate,
  • pullulate,
  • supplement,
  • exaggerate,
  • bounce,
  • intend,
  • aggrandise,
  • make full,
  • multiply,
  • cram,
  • flourish,
  • stick out,
  • draw out,
  • blow,
  • flex,
  • recoil,
  • mantle,
  • stuff,
  • wax,
  • bud,
  • bourgeon,
  • expansion,
  • jut,
  • pull out,
  • vegetate,
  • sprout,
  • large,
  • dilation,
  • unfold,
  • fill up,
  • distension,
  • Incrassate,
  • spring back,
  • surge,
  • proliferate,
  • ample,
  • heighten,
  • force up,
  • mushroom,
  • grow up,
  • prosper.

Antonyms for Distend:

• v.

  • bulge, swell
    cave in, deflate, shorten, fall, curtail, lower, contract, compress, lessen, condense, shrink, abridge, abbreviate, reduce, decrease, diminish.

Homophones for Distend:

• dissident, decedent, destined, Distended, decadent, distant, death's-head moth.

Hyponym for Distend:

• v.

  • change
    intumesce, swell up, bloat, swell, tumesce, tumefy.