Synonyms for Ex tend:

• v.

  •administer (verb)
  • bring,
  • furnish,
  • serve,
  • distribute,
  • apportion,
  • supply,
  • authorize,
  • perform,
  • deliver,
  • issue,
  • offer,
  • disburse,
  • provide,
  • regulate,
  • portion,
  • impose,
  • contribute,
  • execute,
  • measure out,
  • inflict,
  • mete out,
  • extend,
  • apply,
  • deal,
  • dole out.
  •aggrandize (verb)
  • commend,
  • dignify,
  • hype,
  • acclaim,
  • ennoble,
  • intensify,
  • parlay,
  • honor,
  • jack up,
  • praise,
  • distinguish,
  • hike up,
  • applaud,
  • glorify,
  • hike,
  • jump.
  •amount (verb)
  • approximate,
  • develop into,
  • number,
  • be tantamount to,
  • total,
  • be equivalent to,
  • touch,
  • sum,
  • approach,
  • match,
  • effect,
  • become,
  • aggregate,
  • grow,
  • purport,
  • come to,
  • check with,
  • mean,
  • tally,
  • rival,
  • correspond,
  • reach.
  •amplify (verb)
  • deepen,
  • add,
  • exaggerate,
  • swell,
  • pyramid,
  • flesh out,
  • inflate,
  • raise,
  • expatiate,
  • build up,
  • strengthen,
  • elaborate,
  • soup up,
  • up.
  •arch (verb)
  • span,
  • form,
  • hunch,
  • hook,
  • arc,
  • shape,
  • camber,
  • round,
  • bow,
  • hump,
  • bridge,
  • bend.
  •augment (verb)
  • mount,
  • build,
  • progress,
  • piggyback,
  • sweeten,
  • compound,
  • reinforce,
  • tag on.
  •boost (verb)
  • put up.
  •branch off/branch out (verb)
  • divide,
  • diverge,
  • part,
  • fork,
  • ramify,
  • diversify,
  • proliferate,
  • separate.
  •build (verb)
  • escalate,
  • wax,
  • improve.
  •build up (verb)
  • plug,
  • publicize,
  • fortify,
  • promote,
  • spotlight,
  • puff.
  •come up to (verb)
  • come near,
  • arrive,
  • resemble,
  • compare with,
  • bear comparison with,
  • stand comparison with,
  • admit of comparison with,
  • get near,
  • equal,
  • rank with,
  • measure up to.
  •compound (verb)
  • confound,
  • worsen,
  • exacerbate,
  • confuse,
  • make complex,
  • aggravate,
  • make intricate.
  •continue (verb)
  • stay,
  • stand,
  • loiter,
  • keep on truckin',
  • make headway,
  • outlast,
  • carry forward,
  • linger,
  • uphold,
  • project,
  • pursue,
  • stick to,
  • keep the ball rolling,
  • never cease,
  • Perdure,
  • persevere,
  • live on,
  • move ahead,
  • remain,
  • persist in,
  • endure,
  • ride,
  • hang in,
  • stick at,
  • keep at,
  • outlive,
  • keep on,
  • maintain,
  • press on,
  • forge ahead,
  • survive,
  • stay on,
  • get on with it,
  • rest,
  • sustain,
  • abide,
  • push on,
  • keep up.
  •deepen (verb)
  • dig out,
  • dig,
  • excavate,
  • rise,
  • rouse,
  • scrape out,
  • scoop out,
  • Intensate,
  • dredge,
  • redouble,
  • hollow.
  •defer (verb)
  • put on hold,
  • delay,
  • retard,
  • intermit,
  • table,
  • lay over,
  • postpone,
  • put on back burner,
  • procrastinate,
  • prorogue,
  • hang fire,
  • shelve,
  • waive,
  • obstruct,
  • block,
  • hold up,
  • adjourn,
  • suspend,
  • slow,
  • remit,
  • hinder,
  • set aside,
  • impede,
  • put on ice,
  • give rain check,
  • detain.
  •deploy (verb)
  • display,
  • arrange,
  • position,
  • use,
  • utilize,
  • take battle stations,
  • form front,
  • put out patrol,
  • dispose,
  • set up,
  • set out.
  •develop (verb)
  • refine,
  • exploit,
  • perfect,
  • finish,
  • actualize,
  • realize,
  • evolve,
  • polish,
  • cultivate,
  • materialize,
  • enrich,
  • beautify.
  •dilate (verb)
  • expound,
  • spin off,
  • distend,
  • puff out,
  • be prolix,
  • be profuse.
  •display (verb)
  • brandish,
  • bring to view,
  • flourish,
  • represent,
  • boast,
  • open out,
  • evince,
  • flaunt,
  • model,
  • sport,
  • lay out,
  • show off,
  • uncover,
  • exhibit,
  • make clear,
  • advertise,
  • illustrate,
  • promulgate,
  • parade,
  • disclose,
  • bare,
  • evidence,
  • make known,
  • publish,
  • betray,
  • expose,
  • flash,
  • manifest,
  • glaze,
  • lay bare,
  • showcase,
  • demonstrate,
  • feature,
  • unveil,
  • trot out,
  • vamp,
  • grandstand,
  • emblazon,
  • reveal,
  • unmask.
  •drag on/drag out (verb)
  • keep going,
  • go on slowly,
  • persist.
  •drag out (verb)
  • drag on.
  •drawl (verb)
  • drone,
  • nasalize,
  • chant,
  • intone,
  • pronounce slowly,
  • utter.
  •draw out (verb)
  • drag,
  • spin,
  • pull,
  • lead on,
  • tug,
  • attract,
  • make longer.
  •elongate (verb)
  • put rubber in,
  • fill.
  •enlarge (verb)
  • bulk,
  • blow up,
  • embroider,
  • snowball,
  • upsurge,
  • make larger,
  • give details,
  • grow larger,
  • diffuse,
  • slap on,
  • jazz up.
  •escalate (verb)
  • ascend,
  • climb,
  • scale,
  • make worse,
  • step up.
  •expand (verb)
  • discourse,
  • spell out,
  • embellish.
  •extend (verb)
  • pad,
  • yield,
  • unfold,
  • proffer,
  • put forth,
  • aggrandize,
  • advance,
  • elongate,
  • dilate,
  • mantle,
  • bestow,
  • put forward,
  • reach out,
  • run on,
  • go on,
  • magnify,
  • accord,
  • enlarge,
  • grant,
  • tender,
  • spread out,
  • impart,
  • fan out,
  • beef up,
  • draw,
  • augment,
  • last,
  • expand,
  • boost,
  • stall,
  • submit,
  • develop,
  • donate,
  • multiply,
  • unfurl,
  • widen,
  • draw out,
  • prolong,
  • stretch,
  • spread,
  • open,
  • protract,
  • broaden,
  • place at disposal,
  • pose,
  • present,
  • lengthen,
  • supplement,
  • drag out,
  • amplify,
  • unroll,
  • continue,
  • give,
  • crane,
  • take,
  • spin out,
  • increase,
  • string out,
  • award,
  • hold out,
  • allot,
  • enhance,
  • drag one's feet,
  • let out,
  • stretch out,
  • add to,
  • bring forward,
  • confer,
  • heighten,
  • allocate,
  • Prolongate,
  • carry on.
  •fan (verb)
  • arouse,
  • stimulate,
  • Impassion,
  • whip up,
  • agitate,
  • enkindle,
  • stir up,
  • add fuel,
  • excite,
  • work up.
  •give (verb)
  • dispense,
  • produce,
  • show,
  • return,
  • administer,
  • indicate,
  • render,
  • put on,
  • minister,
  • set forth.
  •go (verb)
  • run,
  • lead,
  • connect,
  • fit,
  • give access,
  • vary,
  • cover,
  • make,
  • range.
  •grow (verb)
  • branch out,
  • arise,
  • turn,
  • fill out,
  • thrive,
  • mature,
  • abound,
  • germinate,
  • ripen,
  • maturate,
  • burst forth,
  • thicken,
  • breed,
  • come to be,
  • luxuriate,
  • sprout,
  • spring up,
  • burgeon,
  • vegetate,
  • get taller,
  • get bigger,
  • originate,
  • propagate,
  • shoot,
  • pullulate,
  • gain,
  • stem,
  • pop up,
  • age,
  • come.
  •heighten (verb)
  • elevate,
  • exalt,
  • lift,
  • make higher,
  • send up.
  •increase (verb)
  • tack on,
  • mark up,
  • annex,
  • further,
  • triple,
  • teem,
  • double,
  • sharpen,
  • swarm.
  •join (verb)
  • butt,
  • parallel,
  • open into,
  • line,
  • adjoin,
  • trench on,
  • bound,
  • be contiguous to,
  • fringe,
  • verge on,
  • be close to,
  • hem,
  • lie near,
  • lie next to,
  • lie beside,
  • rim,
  • communicate,
  • meet,
  • be adjacent to,
  • skirt,
  • be at hand,
  • neighbor,
  • abut,
  • conjoin,
  • march.
  •lend (verb)
  • lay on one,
  • loan shark,
  • shark,
  • oblige,
  • afford,
  • trust,
  • let,
  • stake,
  • entrust,
  • permit,
  • lend-lease,
  • allow.
  •lie (verb)
  • belong,
  • be established,
  • be even,
  • be placed,
  • occupy,
  • be,
  • be level,
  • be buried,
  • prevail,
  • be fixed,
  • be on,
  • beset,
  • be interred,
  • be seated,
  • be located,
  • be found,
  • have its seat in,
  • be smooth,
  • be beside,
  • exist.
  •magnify (verb)
  • bless,
  • jump up,
  • eulogize,
  • run up.
  •multiply (verb)
  • generate,
  • accumulate,
  • populate,
  • manifold,
  • repeat,
  • cube,
  • procreate,
  • square.
  •offer (verb)
  • move,
  • bid,
  • press,
  • put on the market,
  • volunteer,
  • sacrifice,
  • suggest,
  • make available,
  • propound,
  • come forward,
  • be at service,
  • ply,
  • lay at one's feet,
  • put up for sale.
  •overhang (verb)
  • impend,
  • jut,
  • rise above,
  • be suspended,
  • portend,
  • overtop,
  • droop over,
  • dangle over,
  • swing over,
  • protrude,
  • loom,
  • pouch,
  • be imminent,
  • threaten,
  • stand out,
  • endanger,
  • beetle,
  • tower above,
  • stick out,
  • menace,
  • poke,
  • flap over,
  • command,
  • cast a shadow.
  •pay (verb)
  • foot,
  • remunerate,
  • recoup,
  • plunk down,
  • hand over,
  • dig up,
  • liquidate,
  • clear,
  • handle,
  • adjust,
  • discharge,
  • reimburse,
  • defray,
  • kick in,
  • repay,
  • take care of,
  • reward,
  • chip in,
  • settle,
  • bequeath,
  • bear the cost,
  • foot the bill,
  • requite,
  • cough up,
  • prepay,
  • satisfy,
  • come through,
  • make payment,
  • compensate,
  • refund,
  • bear the expense,
  • recompense.
  •pervade (verb)
  • imbue,
  • overspread,
  • suffuse,
  • percolate,
  • charge,
  • impregnate,
  • penetrate,
  • transfuse,
  • infuse,
  • permeate.
  •pose (verb)
  • posit,
  • proposition,
  • set,
  • query,
  • ask,
  • prefer,
  • put,
  • state,
  • propose,
  • question.
  •present (verb)
  • allege,
  • fix up,
  • relate,
  • lay,
  • roll out,
  • do the honors,
  • declare,
  • get together,
  • imply,
  • open to view,
  • DO,
  • adduce,
  • cite,
  • recount,
  • infer,
  • pitch,
  • make a pitch,
  • give an introduction,
  • acquaint,
  • intimate,
  • stage.
  •proceed (verb)
  • ensue,
  • derive,
  • head,
  • follow,
  • result,
  • emanate,
  • pass,
  • spring.
  •proffer (verb)
  • gift,
  • hit on,
  • hand.
  •project (verb)
  • hang over,
  • protuberate,
  • overhang,
  • pout,
  • be prominent,
  • be conspicuous,
  • pop out,
  • push out,
  • thrust out.
  •protrude (verb)
  • extrude,
  • point,
  • butt out,
  • start,
  • bulge,
  • jut out,
  • pop,
  • shoot out,
  • obtrude,
  • stick up.
  •ramble (verb)
  • stray,
  • straggle,
  • gad,
  • be all over the map,
  • knock about,
  • meander,
  • zigzag,
  • divagate,
  • walk,
  • rove,
  • saunter,
  • trail,
  • get sidetracked,
  • spread-eagle,
  • wind,
  • peregrinate,
  • drift,
  • sprangle,
  • snake,
  • promenade,
  • clamber,
  • straddle,
  • cruise,
  • branch off,
  • Excurse,
  • perambulate,
  • depart,
  • gallivant,
  • roam,
  • bat around,
  • traipse,
  • stroll,
  • knock around,
  • sprawl,
  • twist,
  • amble,
  • scramble,
  • digress.
  •ramify (verb)
  • subdivide,
  • bifurcate.
  •re-create (verb)
  • furbish,
  • give a new look to,
  • refurbish,
  • revamp.
  •recondition (verb)
  • re-create.
  •renew (verb)
  • go over,
  • spruce,
  • transform,
  • restock,
  • brace,
  • modernize,
  • reestablish,
  • reaffirm,
  • breathe new life into,
  • restate,
  • repair,
  • mend,
  • reopen,
  • resuscitate,
  • reinvigorate,
  • Recommence,
  • retread,
  • regenerate,
  • exhilarate,
  • begin again,
  • recreate,
  • revive,
  • remodel,
  • revitalize,
  • reawaken,
  • rejuvenate,
  • replace,
  • overhaul,
  • recondition,
  • refresh,
  • replenish,
  • bring up to date,
  • gentrify,
  • renovate,
  • rehabilitate,
  • restore,
  • refit,
  • resume,
  • freshen.
  •run (verb)
  • go,
  • circulate,
  • proceed,
  • lie,
  • be current,
  • encompass,
  • go around,
  • move past.
  •snowball (verb)
  • soar.
  •span (verb)
  • ford,
  • arch,
  • link,
  • go across,
  • traverse,
  • cross,
  • pass over,
  • vault.
  •sprawl (verb)
  • flop,
  • ramble,
  • slump,
  • sit,
  • drape,
  • loll,
  • recline,
  • lie spread-eagle,
  • lounge,
  • slouch.
  •spread (verb)
  • be distributed,
  • cast,
  • uncoil,
  • flatten,
  • smear,
  • flow,
  • level,
  • be displayed,
  • mushroom,
  • overlay,
  • strew,
  • pervade,
  • spray,
  • gloss,
  • bloat,
  • disperse,
  • array,
  • radiate,
  • prepare,
  • paint,
  • daub,
  • unwind,
  • even out,
  • untwist,
  • Outstretch,
  • coat.
  •stick out (verb)
  • outthrust,
  • Protend,
  • push.
  •strain (verb)
  • drive,
  • injure,
  • tax,
  • sprain,
  • tear,
  • tire,
  • fatigue,
  • overexert,
  • overtax,
  • push to the limit,
  • weaken,
  • distort,
  • exert,
  • tauten,
  • overwork,
  • task,
  • draw tight,
  • wrench,
  • constrict,
  • rack,
  • tighten.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • buttress,
  • empower,
  • substantiate,
  • renew,
  • support,
  • tone,
  • corroborate,
  • establish,
  • harden,
  • add fuel to fire,
  • tone up,
  • bolster,
  • confirm,
  • steel,
  • invigorate,
  • sinew,
  • make firm,
  • toughen,
  • anneal,
  • justify,
  • temper.
  •supplement (verb)
  • complete,
  • subsidize,
  • heat up,
  • fill up,
  • top,
  • complement,
  • punch up.
  •swell (verb)
  • balloon,
  • billow,
  • puff up,
  • belly,
  • become swollen,
  • become distended,
  • round out,
  • blister,
  • well up,
  • fatten,
  • be inflated,
  • uprise,
  • surge,
  • become bloated,
  • tumefy,
  • intensity,
  • plump.
  •trail (verb)
  • dog,
  • follow a scent,
  • hunt,
  • tag along,
  • dawdle,
  • bedog,
  • falter,
  • haul,
  • spoor,
  • tow,
  • shadow,
  • poke along,
  • track,
  • flag,
  • bring up the rear,
  • chase,
  • plod,
  • stream,
  • stalk,
  • drop back,
  • dally,
  • fall behind,
  • hang down,
  • string along,
  • dangle,
  • halt,
  • hang back,
  • spook,
  • lag,
  • shag,
  • tarry,
  • droop,
  • hang,
  • Draggle,
  • trace,
  • take out after,
  • nose out,
  • fall back,
  • tail,
  • trudge.
  •unfold (verb)
  • loosen,
  • disentangle,
  • release,
  • reel out,
  • undo,
  • unbend,
  • uncurl,
  • unravel,
  • straighten,
  • fan,
  • shake out,
  • outspread,
  • unwrap,
  • uncrease.
  •widen (verb)
  • open wide,
  • ream.

Antonyms for Ex tend:

• v.

  • administer
    retain, hoard, fail, frustrate, withdraw, shun, forego, mismanage, neglect.
  • aggrandize
    condemn, belittle, debase, shame, dishonor, depress, disgrace, humble, denounce, censure, reproach, criticize, humiliate, weaken.
  • amount
    depart, subtract, leave.
  • amplify
    concentrate, play down, repress, summarize, simplify.
  • arch
    straighten, destroy.
  • augment
    discourage, decline, hurt, drop, undermine, demolish, raze, uncomplicate.
  • boost
    blow, set back, prevent.
  • build
    divide, decelerate, overturn, overthrow, take down, dismantle, ruin, knock down.
  • build up
    injure, worsen, let down.
  • compound
    make easy, explain, separate, help, better, unmix, enlighten, soothe, clarify, improve, clear up, calm.
  • continue
    reject, ignore, complete, go, retrogress, retreat, desist, move, quit.
  • deepen
    fill, quieten, pale, lighten, slump, fall, soften.
  • defer
    allow, forward, facilitate, push, continue, advance, let go, forge, encourage, further, aid, assist, hurry, expedite, promote, hasten, DO, support, force, carry out.
  • deploy
    disarrange, displace, conclude, disorder, not use, disturb.
  • develop
    circumscribe, spoil, confine, damage.
  • dilate
    deflate.
  • display
    secrete, cover.
  • drag out
    accelerate, speed up, quicken.
  • drawl
    clip.
  • escalate
    descend, slow, go down.
  • extend
    conceal, refrain, lose, cut, constrict, lessen, halt, close, finish, withhold, end, hold, restrict, abbreviate, shrink, stop, curtail, take back, shorten, keep, disallow, take, narrow, hinder, compress, refuse, lower, contract, maintain, dissuade, condense, reduce, degrade, abridge, hide, disapprove, diminish, oppose, deny, decrease, discontinue, cease.
  • fan
    bore, quiet, lull.
  • give
    fight, withstand, hold up, obscure.
  • go
    create, be born, mismatch, disagree, stay, break, obey, surrender.
  • grow
    languish, stunt, recede.
  • heighten
    demote.
  • increase
    deplete.
  • join
    disjoin, resign, miss.
  • lend
    borrow, take away, remove.
  • lie
    stand, be upright, be honest.
  • magnify
    miniaturize, castigate.
  • offer
    veto, resist.
  • overhang
    save.
  • pay
    deprive, earn, confuse, dissatisfy, upset, penalize.
  • pervade
    take out, drain.
  • pose
    reply, answer.
  • present
    subdue, abandon.
  • proceed
    cause, wait, return.
  • project
    cave in.
  • protrude
    sink.
  • ramble
    join, be direct, run.
  • ramify
    agree, unite, combine, connect.
  • renew
    kill, leave alone.
  • run
    walk, serve.
  • snowball
    minimize.
  • span
    Unlink, disconnect.
  • spread
    collect, reveal, gather, disorganize, shrivel, block, mix up.
  • strain
    fix, mend, rest, refresh, energize, idle, placate, unburden, laze, release.
  • strengthen
    break down, disprove, contradict, dishearten.
  • trail
    lead, rush, run away, rise, speed, carry on, tiptoe.
  • unfold
    fold, twist, check, stagnate, wrap, wind.
  • widen
    cramp.