Synonyms for Heighten:

• n.

  •
  • color,
  • engulf,
  • surge,
  • come over,
  • run,
  • grip,
  • pulse.
  •
  • redouble.

• v.

  •add insult to injury (verb)
  • slapping in face,
  • twisted the knife,
  • slap face,
  • rubbed salt the wound,
  • adds fuel the fire,
  • rubbing salt in the wound,
  • rubbed salt in the wound,
  • twists the knife,
  • slapped face,
  • slaps in face,
  • slaps face,
  • slaps in the face,
  • twisting knife,
  • slapping the face,
  • slaps the face,
  • twisted knife,
  • rubs salt in the wound,
  • slapped in face,
  • slapped in the face,
  • rubbing salt the wound,
  • rubs salt the wound,
  • slapping face,
  • adds fuel to the fire,
  • twist knife,
  • rub salt the wound,
  • twisting the knife,
  • twists knife,
  • slapped the face,
  • slapping in the face.
  •aggrandize (verb)
  • hiked up,
  • hiking up,
  • jacks up,
  • hikes up,
  • jacking up,
  • hyping,
  • jacked up.
  •aggravate (verb)
  • in flame,
  • in flaming,
  • in-flaming,
  • in flamed,
  • in-flames,
  • in-flame,
  • in-flamed.
  •amplify (verb)
  • souping up,
  • soups up,
  • pyramidded,
  • pyramidding,
  • fleshes out.
  •augment (verb)
  • tagged on,
  • piggybacked,
  • tags on,
  • tagging on.
  •become (verb)
  • wast appropriate,
  • be came,
  • dis-plays,
  • are appropriate,
  • am appropriate,
  • makes handsome,
  • dis-played,
  • is appropriate,
  • be comes,
  • being appropriate,
  • dis play,
  • sets off,
  • dis plays,
  • were appropriate,
  • be-comes,
  • wert appropriate,
  • making handsome,
  • made handsome,
  • be come,
  • be-came,
  • belonged to,
  • was appropriate,
  • dis played,
  • dis-playing,
  • be-coming,
  • dis playing,
  • belongs to,
  • going with,
  • dis-play,
  • art appropriate,
  • be-come.
  •build up (verb)
  • pro-mote,
  • pro moting,
  • pro-moting,
  • pro-motes.
  •change (verb)
  • heighten,
  • sharpen.
  •compound (verb)
  • made intricate,
  • makes complex,
  • makes intricate,
  • making complex,
  • made complex,
  • making intricate.
  •crown (verb)
  • de-legates,
  • in duct,
  • in-vests,
  • in vested,
  • Coronated,
  • de legates,
  • de legate,
  • in-ducting,
  • in vests,
  • in ducting,
  • in-ducted,
  • in-vested,
  • in-stalling,
  • in-vest,
  • in-ducts,
  • in-duct,
  • coronating,
  • in-stalled,
  • in stall,
  • in-stall,
  • coronates,
  • in ducts,
  • in-vesting,
  • in ducted,
  • in stalled,
  • in stalling,
  • in-stalls,
  • de-legate,
  • in stalls,
  • in vest.
  •deepen (verb)
  • intensates,
  • Intensated,
  • Intensating.
  •develop (verb)
  • re fine,
  • re-fining,
  • un-folding,
  • un folded,
  • un folding,
  • un folds,
  • re fines,
  • re-fine,
  • un-fold,
  • un fold,
  • re-fines,
  • un-folds,
  • re fined,
  • un-folded.
  •elevate (verb)
  • hoist,
  • levitate,
  • lift,
  • rear,
  • exalt,
  • uplift.
  •embroider (verb)
  • dis-tending,
  • stretching the truth,
  • over-embellishes,
  • dis-tended,
  • makes mountain out of molehill,
  • stretches truth,
  • dis tended,
  • over estimating,
  • made mountain out molehill,
  • over-elaborating,
  • made mountain out of molehill,
  • blow ups,
  • over embellished,
  • making federal case,
  • over elaborate,
  • makes federal case,
  • blow-ups,
  • over-estimates,
  • blowupped,
  • blowupping,
  • making mountain out of molehill,
  • makes mountain out molehill,
  • making mountain out molehill,
  • over estimated,
  • over embellish,
  • dis-tends,
  • dis tend,
  • over-doing,
  • over doing,
  • overelaborating,
  • over-elaborate,
  • over-estimated,
  • blow-upped,
  • over does,
  • spreading on thick,
  • over embellishing,
  • spread thick,
  • over estimates,
  • stretches the truth,
  • dis tends,
  • over emphasizing,
  • dis-tend,
  • over-elaborates,
  • over-emphasizes,
  • over elaborating,
  • stretch truth,
  • make mountain out molehill,
  • over-embellish,
  • blow upped,
  • spreads on thick,
  • dis tending,
  • over embellishes,
  • co-loring,
  • over emphasized,
  • spreading thick,
  • over-emphasizing,
  • stretched truth,
  • overembellishing,
  • over elaborated,
  • overelaborates,
  • over estimate,
  • stretched the truth,
  • over-elaborated,
  • over emphasize,
  • blow-upping,
  • stretching truth,
  • over-emphasized,
  • over did,
  • over-embellishing,
  • made federal case,
  • blow upping,
  • over-did,
  • over elaborates,
  • over emphasizes,
  • spreads thick,
  • overembellishes,
  • over done,
  • overembellished,
  • over-estimating,
  • co loring,
  • over-does.
  •endow (verb)
  • making over,
  • be stowing,
  • pro vide,
  • sub-scribed,
  • pro-vided,
  • end-owed,
  • be-stowing,
  • sub-scribing,
  • settles on,
  • be stow,
  • sub scribes,
  • sub scribed,
  • pro-viding,
  • end owed,
  • be stowed,
  • pro viding,
  • pro vides,
  • pro-vides,
  • end owing,
  • be-stows,
  • coming through with,
  • sub-scribes,
  • be-stowed,
  • sub scribing,
  • be-stow,
  • pro vided,
  • makes over,
  • vesting in,
  • be stows,
  • comes through with,
  • end-owing,
  • pro-vide,
  • vests in,
  • sub scribe,
  • came through with.
  •enlarge (verb)
  • makes larger,
  • up-surge,
  • up-surged,
  • up surges,
  • up-surging,
  • making larger,
  • grows larger,
  • up surge,
  • slaps on,
  • gave details,
  • gives details,
  • slapping on,
  • jazzes up,
  • growing larger,
  • up-surges,
  • giving details,
  • up surging,
  • up surged,
  • jazzed up,
  • jazzing up,
  • grew larger.
  •erect (verb)
  • fudges together,
  • stands up,
  • prefabricating,
  • pre-fabricating,
  • pre fabricating,
  • prefabricates,
  • pre-fabricates,
  • pre fabricated,
  • cobbled up,
  • knocks together,
  • knocking together,
  • pre fabricate,
  • threw together,
  • knocked together,
  • pre fabricates,
  • running up,
  • pro duces,
  • cobbles up,
  • cobbling up,
  • pro duce,
  • pro-duces,
  • fudged together,
  • pre-fabricate,
  • ran up,
  • pre-fabricated,
  • throwing together,
  • throws together,
  • fits together,
  • fudging together.
  •exacerbate (verb)
  • ex acerbates,
  • rubs salt in a wound,
  • pushed one's button,
  • push ones button,
  • rubbing salt wound,
  • fed fire,
  • ex-acerbate,
  • pushed button,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • going from bad to worse,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • ex asperates,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • ex-cited,
  • going from bad worse,
  • pushing button,
  • rub salt wound,
  • rubbed salt in a wound,
  • pushes ones button,
  • feeds the fire,
  • hitting on,
  • ex-cite,
  • pushing one's button,
  • push one button,
  • ex-asperating,
  • fanned flames,
  • fanning the flames,
  • go from bad worse,
  • rubbing salt in a wound,
  • ex acerbate,
  • ex asperating,
  • rubbing salt a wound,
  • hits on,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • pushing ones button,
  • ex-asperate,
  • rattled one cage,
  • rattled ones cage,
  • went from bad to worse,
  • rubs salt in wound,
  • rattles one cage,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • fan flames,
  • ex cite,
  • goes from bad worse,
  • pushes one button,
  • feeding the fire,
  • went from bad worse,
  • pushed ones button,
  • ex-cites,
  • rubs salt a wound,
  • rub salt a wound,
  • ex cites,
  • fed the fire,
  • rattling one cage,
  • rubbed salt a wound,
  • feeds fire,
  • pushed one button,
  • pushing one button,
  • rubbing salt in wound,
  • rattle cage,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • pushes button,
  • fans flames,
  • heating up,
  • rubs salt wound,
  • fans the flames,
  • ex citing,
  • rattle one cage,
  • fanned the flames,
  • ex-asperated,
  • fanning flames,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • ex acerbated,
  • ex-asperates,
  • feeding fire,
  • rattling cage,
  • ex cited,
  • goes from bad to worse,
  • rubbed salt wound,
  • rattles cage,
  • rattled cage,
  • ex acerbating,
  • rubbed salt in wound,
  • pushes one's button,
  • feed fire,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • ex asperate.
  •exaggerate (verb)
  • going to extremes,
  • mis-quoting,
  • blew out of proportion,
  • makes too much of,
  • over drawn,
  • goes to extremes,
  • dis-tort,
  • Overdrew,
  • went to extremes,
  • loud talking,
  • blew out proportion,
  • pretties up,
  • mis quotes,
  • blow out proportion,
  • dis torts,
  • laying thick,
  • mis-quotes,
  • loud talked,
  • over draws,
  • mis quoted,
  • made too much of,
  • over draw,
  • mis represent,
  • mis reporting,
  • mis-reports,
  • laying on thick,
  • lays it thick,
  • blowing out proportion,
  • over-draws,
  • mis-represent,
  • dis-torts,
  • mis reports,
  • over-drawn,
  • lays it on thick,
  • over-draw,
  • laid thick,
  • mis reported,
  • overdraws,
  • lays on thick,
  • over-drawing,
  • mis represented,
  • mis-quoted,
  • blows out proportion,
  • mis representing,
  • lays thick,
  • go extremes,
  • misreports,
  • mis-reported,
  • blowing out of proportion,
  • making too much of,
  • mis-represented,
  • prettying up,
  • laid it thick,
  • going extremes,
  • over drawing,
  • laying it thick,
  • blows out of proportion,
  • prettied up,
  • mis-reporting,
  • lay thick,
  • over drew,
  • laid it on thick,
  • goes extremes,
  • dis tort,
  • mis-representing,
  • mis-represents,
  • went extremes,
  • mis quote,
  • mis represents,
  • mis-quote,
  • mis report,
  • loud talks,
  • lay it thick,
  • over-drew,
  • mis quoting.
  •expand (verb)
  • ex-plicate,
  • un-ravels,
  • de tailing,
  • pro-longed,
  • out-spreads,
  • out spread,
  • opens out,
  • un rolling,
  • un-furled,
  • stretching out,
  • out-spread,
  • pro tracts,
  • bulked up,
  • un ravelling,
  • un rolled,
  • ex-plicated,
  • pro long,
  • out spreading,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro-long,
  • pro-longs,
  • un raveling,
  • puffs up,
  • fans out,
  • pro-longing,
  • un roll,
  • un-ravelled,
  • de-tailed,
  • un rolls,
  • ex plicated,
  • pro-tracts,
  • un furled,
  • un-roll,
  • ex-plicating,
  • ex-plicates,
  • de-tails,
  • un ravel,
  • un-furling,
  • un ravelled,
  • pro tract,
  • bulking up,
  • un-ravelling,
  • un-raveled,
  • un-rolled,
  • bulks up,
  • out-spreading,
  • outspreads,
  • tacking on,
  • fanned out,
  • de tails,
  • tacks on,
  • ex plicates,
  • ex plicating,
  • out spreads,
  • un-raveling,
  • un-ravel,
  • de tail,
  • un raveled,
  • tacked on,
  • un-rolling,
  • ex plicate,
  • pro longing,
  • un-rolls,
  • un ravels,
  • pro longs,
  • de-tail,
  • de tailed,
  • un furling,
  • de-tailing.
  •extend (verb)
  • strings out,
  • dragged one feet,
  • ex-tending,
  • drag ones feet,
  • drag one feet,
  • letted out,
  • ex-tend,
  • stringed out,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • drags feet,
  • drags ones feet,
  • runs on,
  • ex tending,
  • spinning out,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • spins out,
  • ran on,
  • lets out,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • dragging feet,
  • drags one feet,
  • span out,
  • ex tend,
  • ex-tended,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • ex tended,
  • drags one's feet,
  • ex-tends,
  • ex tends,
  • dragged feet,
  • dragging one feet.
  •fire (verb)
  • in spire,
  • in-cited,
  • in form,
  • in spirited,
  • in-forms,
  • in forms,
  • in-spiriting,
  • in-cite,
  • in spirit,
  • in-spired,
  • in spiring,
  • in-spirit,
  • in-forming,
  • in spiriting,
  • in-spiring,
  • in cite,
  • in-spire,
  • in spired,
  • in-spirited,
  • in forming,
  • in spires,
  • in-spirits,
  • in cites,
  • in-spires.
  •grow (verb)
  • gat taller,
  • popping up,
  • sprang up,
  • gotten taller,
  • springing up,
  • gets bigger,
  • comes to be,
  • got taller,
  • getting taller,
  • bursted forth,
  • came be,
  • gets taller,
  • coming be,
  • comes be,
  • springs up,
  • came to be,
  • popped up,
  • gotten bigger,
  • sprung up,
  • gat bigger,
  • come be.
  •heighten (verb)
  • loft.
  •hyperbolize (verb)
  • blow up out proportion,
  • blowing up out of proportion,
  • blows up out of proportion,
  • iing,
  • blowing up out proportion,
  • blows up out proportion,
  • blew up out of proportion,
  • blew up out proportion.
  •increase (verb)
  • broaden,
  • lengthen,
  • advance,
  • increment,
  • reinforce,
  • upgrade,
  • burgeon,
  • widen,
  • add,
  • elevate,
  • fatten,
  • maximize,
  • accrue.
  •intensify (verb)
  • emphasize,
  • improve,
  • underline,
  • make higher,
  • stress,
  • send up,
  • accentuate,
  • add to.
  •magnify (verb)
  • jumps up,
  • jumped up,
  • jumping up.
  •multiply (verb)
  • multi-plying,
  • pro-create,
  • pro created,
  • multi plied,
  • pro creates,
  • pro-creating,
  • pro-created,
  • pro create,
  • re peats,
  • pro-creates,
  • multi-plied,
  • re peat,
  • re-peat,
  • re-peats,
  • multi plying,
  • pro creating.
  •overstate (verb)
  • over stating,
  • over-stated,
  • over stated,
  • over-states,
  • over-stating,
  • over-state,
  • over state,
  • over states.
  •raise (verb)
  • gooses up,
  • sent through roof,
  • sending through the roof,
  • sending through roof,
  • sends through the roof,
  • congressing,
  • sent through the roof,
  • goosed up,
  • sends through roof,
  • send through roof,
  • goosing up.
  •redouble (verb)
  • re doubling,
  • re-doubling,
  • re-double,
  • re double,
  • re-doubled,
  • re-traces,
  • re-trace,
  • re trace,
  • re traced,
  • re-traced,
  • re doubles,
  • re-tracing,
  • re traces,
  • re tracing,
  • re doubled,
  • re-doubles.
  •rise (verb)
  • goes through roof,
  • go through roof,
  • went through the roof,
  • moves up,
  • going through roof,
  • went through roof,
  • moving up,
  • speeds up,
  • goes through the roof,
  • stacks up.
  •rouse (verb)
  • be stirred,
  • in nerve,
  • keys up,
  • in-nervate,
  • asked for it,
  • steams up,
  • in nervate,
  • asks for it,
  • be-stirring,
  • in-nerves,
  • in nerves,
  • be stirring,
  • in nerved,
  • keying up,
  • innerves,
  • innervates,
  • in-nerved,
  • gets going,
  • be-stirs,
  • be stir,
  • be-stir,
  • firing up,
  • gat going,
  • asking for it,
  • innervating,
  • be-stirred,
  • making waves,
  • wakes up,
  • in-nerving,
  • in-nerve,
  • in nerving,
  • be stirs,
  • innervated,
  • gotten going.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • re generated,
  • re generate,
  • re stored,
  • re-stores,
  • re-stored,
  • re new,
  • re news,
  • re generating,
  • making firm,
  • re-new,
  • re-storing,
  • makes firm,
  • adds fuel fire,
  • re store,
  • re-news,
  • re-generate,
  • re stores,
  • re generates,
  • re-generates,
  • re-generated,
  • re storing,
  • re-generating,
  • adds fuel to fire.
  •swell (verb)
  • becomes swollen,
  • up rise,
  • welled up,
  • up rose,
  • became distended,
  • were inflated,
  • tumefies,
  • becomes bloated,
  • in tensity,
  • up-rises,
  • up rises,
  • becoming bloated,
  • up risen,
  • wast inflated,
  • became bloated,
  • was inflated,
  • up-risen,
  • is inflated,
  • in-tensity,
  • becomes distended,
  • becoming swollen,
  • intensitied,
  • intensitying,
  • became swollen,
  • are inflated,
  • being inflated,
  • wells up,
  • wert inflated,
  • up-rose,
  • up-rise,
  • up rising,
  • becoming distended,
  • art inflated,
  • rounds out.
  •upraise (verb)
  • up raising,
  • up-raise,
  • up-raises,
  • up raises,
  • up-raised,
  • up-raising,
  • up raise,
  • up raised.
  •uprear (verb)
  • up rears,
  • up-rear,
  • up-rearing,
  • up reared,
  • up-reared,
  • up-rears,
  • up rear,
  • up rearing.
  •wax (verb)
  • growing full,
  • grows full,
  • gotten to,
  • grew full,
  • gat to.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • go out of,
  • impel,
  • sweep over.
  •
  • come through,
  • germinate,
  • crowd in on,
  • come upon,
  • wear off,
  • quicken,
  • seep.
  •
  • overpower,
  • run away with.
  •
  • devour,
  • creep,
  • whirl,
  • pierce.
  •
  • fill,
  • invade.
  •
  • wash,
  • run-through,
  • seize,
  • steal,
  • coil.
  •
  • stab.
  •
  • drain,
  • flow.
  •
  • bring out.
  •
  • flood,
  • cool,
  • course.
  •
  • show,
  • well.
  •aggravate
  • in flames.
  •build up
  • fortify.
  •deepen
  • Intensate.
  •elevate
  • ramp,
  • fetch up,
  • shot up,
  • Ramped,
  • stilt,
  • shooting up,
  • elevated,
  • Ramping,
  • shoot up,
  • stilts.
  •exaggerate
  • misquote,
  • misreported,
  • Romancing,
  • misquotes,
  • Overdrawing,
  • Caricaturing,
  • romance,
  • blow out of proportion,
  • Misreport,
  • go to extremes,
  • laying it on thick,
  • lay on thick,
  • overdraw,
  • scamming,
  • misreporting,
  • scammed,
  • make too much of,
  • lay it on thick,
  • hyperbolize,
  • Caricatured,
  • pretty up,
  • loud talk,
  • Romanced,
  • mis-report,
  • laid on thick,
  • Overdrawn.
  •expand
  • puff up,
  • open out,
  • fan out,
  • thickening,
  • unfurled,
  • protract,
  • spreads out,
  • outspreading,
  • thicken,
  • opened out,
  • tack on,
  • spread out,
  • bulk up,
  • unfurls,
  • puffing up,
  • expand,
  • fanning out,
  • stretch out,
  • spreading out,
  • outspread,
  • stretched out,
  • stretches out,
  • expanding,
  • opening out.
  •extend
  • spin out,
  • drag one's feet,
  • spun out,
  • let out,
  • Lasted,
  • Craning,
  • letting out,
  • stringing out,
  • strung out,
  • mantled,
  • Craned,
  • Mantling,
  • string out,
  • running on,
  • cranes,
  • run on,
  • drag feet,
  • crane.
  •increase
  • teem,
  • marked up,
  • mark up,
  • snowball,
  • tripling,
  • Tripled,
  • marking up,
  • triples,
  • triple.
  •intensify
  • pour it on,
  • tone up,
  • toned up,
  • pour on.
  •strengthen
  • toned,
  • Sinewed,
  • made firm,
  • toughen,
  • make firm,
  • Sinewing,
  • Toning.
  •wax
  • got to,
  • grow full,
  • gets to,
  • getting to,
  • get to.

Paraphrases for Heighten:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    Furthering, building.
  • Verb, base form
    intensify, raising, deepen, accentuate, sharpen, augment, worsen, sensitize, escalate, bolster, elevate, inflame, toughen, upgrade, widen, promote, amplify, stimulate, sensitise, magnify, broaden, foment, reinvigorate, enlarge, arouse, highlight, rise, enhancement, educate, grow, encourage, foster, fostering, maximize, brighten, fortify, extend, build, emphasize, inflate, consolidate, emphasise, accelerate, enrich.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    strengthen, strengthened, exacerbate, reinforce, reinforcing, aggravate, tighten, stiffen.

Antonyms for Heighten:

• v.

  • intensify
    denounce, reduce, shorten, lessen, weaken, depress, curtail, drop, discourage, abridge, compress, diminish, decrease, contract, shrink, condemn, lower, hurt, worsen, demote, condense.
  • Other antonyms:
    dwindle, dip, plunge, tone, taper, lighten, moderate, fall, descend, submerge, wane, bear, abate, pitch, subside, recede, press, ease, slip, sink, push, subdue, alleviate.

Hypernym for Heighten:

• v.

  • change
    subtilise, subtilize.

Hyponym for Heighten:

• v.

  • change
    increase, intensify, deepen, heighten, compound.
  • motion
    raise, get up, elevate, lift, bring up.