enlarge
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Synonyms & Antonyms for enlarge
Synonyms
accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, escalate, expand, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax
Antonyms
contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane
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A few of you pointed out after the #RHOBH reunion that my thyroid was enlarged. — Amber Brenza, Health.com, "Denise Richards Says Fans Discovered Her Enlarged Thyroid After 'RHOBH' Reunion Show," 5 Aug. 2019 Ajloun Castle, built on the mountaintop site of a former Christian monastery in the north of Jordan, was enlarged and fortified by a general of the great military leader Saladin, as a citadel for defending Islamic lands from the Crusaders. — Andrew Solomon, Condé Nast Traveler, "Traveling Through Jordan’s Historic Ruins, Red Dunes, and Dead Sea," 24 July 2019 Cardiomyopathy ensues, because the heart’s main pumping chamber temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump well. — NBC News, "Broken heart syndrome may be linked to cancer, study suggests," 17 July 2019 Photo: Bill Purcell for The Wall Street Journal The couple enlarged and put in all new windows, added sliding glass doors that open onto decks that overlook the city. — Nancy Keates, WSJ, "An Oregon Couple With 57 Vacation Homes Makes a Permanent Stopover in Portland," 26 June 2019 This is usually the result of a particular pore being enlarged in size by a previous pimple. — Jenn Sinrich, SELF, "5 Signs You're Dealing with Hormonal Acne—and How to Treat It," 2 July 2019 Previous environmental protests took place around the mine in recent years because the operator, German utility company RWE, planned to cut down a forest to enlarge it. — Washington Post, "Climate activists end blockade of German coal mine," 23 June 2019 Digital zoom just crops and enlarges the scene from a regular full size shot, making your photo look fuzzy and dull. Zooming in too far makes your decent-looking 12-megapixel still look like a grainy and embarrassing 3-megapixel disaster. — Wired Staff, WIRED, "How to Take Awesome Photos of Fireworks," 2 July 2019 But critics note that the water district’s plans to rebuild Anderson Dam to improve its earthquake safety — which also would modernize the spillway and enlarge the outlet pipe, reducing flood risk — are years behind schedule. — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, "San Jose: Victims of 2017 Coyote Creek flood to receive payments," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'enlarge.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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