enlarge | Definition of enlarge

Synonyms and Antonyms of enlarge

1 to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

as the number of people with cell phones enlarges, more transmission towers will have to be built

Synonyms of enlarge

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

Words Related to enlarge

jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge

heighten, intensify, redouble

blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)

crescendo, crest, peak

Antonyms of enlarge

contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane

2 to make greater in size, amount, or number

with a new member of the family on the way, maybe we should consider enlarging the house

Synonyms of enlarge

accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up

Words Related to enlarge

boom, jump, skyrocket, spike

bump (up), ratchet (up) also rachet (up)

blow up, dilate, distend, inflate

draw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch

develop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify

complement, supplement

beef (up), reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen

accumulate, amass, collect

follow up, parlay

Near Antonyms of enlarge

abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten

compress, condense, constrict, contract

cut back, retrench

Antonyms of enlarge

abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from)

3 to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about

Synonyms of enlarge

discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Words Related to enlarge

bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save

adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate

Phrases Synonymous with enlarge

Near Antonyms of enlarge

handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up)