Definition for Expand:

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; " expand the house by adding another wing"

Synonyms for Expand:

• n.

  •
  • book,
  • brokerage,
  • asset,
  • business,
  • cannibalize,
  • capacity,
  • account,
  • Broking.
  •
  • count,
  • soar,
  • compute,
  • assess,
  • beef up,
  • prove,
  • estimate,
  • calculate,
  • project,
  • reckon,
  • determine.
  •
  • define,
  • labor,
  • clarify,
  • interpret,
  • illustrate,
  • explain,
  • lay out.
  •
  • move,
  • mature.
  •
  • permeate,
  • distribute,
  • sprawl,
  • pervade.
  •expand (noun)
  • get ahead,
  • lucubrate,
  • exposit,
  • boom,
  • prosper.

• v.

  •accumulate (verb)
  • concentrate,
  • accrue.
  •aggrandize (verb)
  • hype,
  • boost,
  • parlay,
  • intensify.
  •amplify (verb)
  • strengthen,
  • supplement,
  • raise,
  • add,
  • up.
  •augment (verb)
  • enhance,
  • compound,
  • reinforce,
  • progress.
  •balloon (verb)
  • belly.
  •bloat (verb)
  • billow.
  •blow up (verb)
  • pump up,
  • fill.
  •boom (verb)
  • bloom,
  • appreciate,
  • thrive,
  • flower.
  •expand (verb)
  • heighten,
  • drag out,
  • widen,
  • diffuse,
  • explicate,
  • unravel,
  • spell out,
  • elaborate,
  • unfurl,
  • pyramid,
  • outspread,
  • detail,
  • prolong,
  • unfold,
  • sweeten,
  • lengthen,
  • engorge,
  • tack on,
  • expatiate,
  • bolster,
  • hike,
  • embellish.
  •extend (verb)
  • elongate.
  •increase (verb)
  • elevate,
  • advance,
  • upgrade,
  • increment.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • magnification,
  • bulk out,
  • add to,
  • upsurge,
  • scale up,
  • promote,
  • bulk up.
  •
  • supersize,
  • snowball.
  •
  • unroll.
  •
  • outgrow,
  • expansion.
  •
  • double.
  •bloom
  • burgeon.
  •bulge
  • protuberate.
  •exaggerate
  • overdraw,
  • hyperbolize.
  •extend
  • string out,
  • spin out.
  •fill out
  • swell out.
  •unfold
  • unbend.
  •universalize
  • internationalize.

Paraphrases for Expand:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    expanded, expanding, Extending, widen, Enlarging, scaling-up.
  • Proper noun, singular
    expanded, expands, expanding, expansions, widen, Enlarging.
  • Noun, plural
    expands, expansions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    expanding, Extending, Enlarging, scaling-up.
  • Adverb
    expanding.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    widen.
  • Verb, base form
    widen.

• Independent

  • Coordinating conjunction
    enhance.
  • Determiner
    enhance.
  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    enhance.
  • Adjective
    expansive, expansionary, extended, increased, increasing, enhance.
  • Proper noun, singular
    extended, increased, increasing, enhance.
  • Noun, plural
    additions, Scales.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    expandability, increasing, enhance, improvements.
  • Predeterminer
    enhance.
  • Verb, past tense
    consolidated, rose, enhance.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    increase, enhance.
  • Verb, base form
    augment, amplify, diversify, maximize, explore, lengthen, generalize, inflate, dwell, prolong, propagate, complement, generalise, expound, increase, penetrate, exacerbate, accelerate, supplement, escalate, flourish, accentuate, thrive, facilitate, increased, redouble, prosper, increasing, enhance, explain, sharpen, encompass, worsen, evolve, impart, swell, proliferate, conquer, hone, nurture, aggravate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    increase.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Extending, increase, increases.
  • Noun, plural
    increases.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    increase.
  • Verb, past tense
    increase, extended, increased, increasing.
  • Verb, base form
    extended.

Antonyms for Expand:

• v.

  • accumulate
    dissipate, squander, disperse, spend, lose, dwindle, waste.
  • aggrandize
    humble, depress, disgrace, belittle, debase, degrade.
  • amplify
    summarize, decrease, reduce, compress, condense, curtail.
  • bloat
    shrivel, tighten, deflate.
  • blow up
    let out.
  • boom
    fail, falter, collapse.
  • expand
    abridge, shorten, abbreviate, lower, lessen, contract, shrink.
  • extend, augment
    hinder, stop, fall, halt, hide, withhold, diminish, close, end, restrict, tangle, thin, narrow, simplify.
  • motion
    contract.
  • Other antonyms:
    decrease, lower, compact, cut, cut down, retrench, boil down, amputate, close, fold, minify, outline, epitomize, foreshorten.

Homophones for Expand:

• ex-husband, expanded, escapement, expend, expended, exponent, equipment, expound.

Hypernym for Expand:

• v.

  • change
    blow up, develop, intumesce, swell, tumesce, billow, tumefy, swell up, inflate, balloon.
  • motion
    dispread, bush out.

Hyponym for Expand:

• v.

  • change
    enlarge, grow, change, alter, modify.
  • motion
    grow.