Expand Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭk-spănd
To make or become more comprehensive or inclusive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. extend
  2. broaden
  3. spread-out
  4. widen
Antonyms:
  1. contract
  2. shorten
  3. lessen
  4. shrink
  5. abbreviate
  6. lower
To express at greater length or in greater detail
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. amplify
  2. develop
  3. dilate
  4. elaborate
  5. enlarge
  6. expatiate
  7. labor
To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. extend
  2. fan
  3. open
  4. outstretch
  5. spread
  6. stretch
  7. unfold
  8. unroll
Antonyms:
  1. abbreviate
  2. abridge
  3. shorten
Grow vigorously
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. boom
  2. thrive
  3. flourish
To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. increase
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. expanded
  2. expanding
  3. patulous
  4. proliferous
  5. tumescent

Words Related to Expand

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Expand Sentence Examples

  • A body made up of molecules of this kind will expand on heating.

  • Would you care to expand on that a bit?

  • Can you expand a little on that statement?

  • Then it would suddenly seem to him that it was not she but he was so unusually beautiful, and that that was why they all looked so at him, and flattered by this general admiration he would expand his chest, raise his head, and rejoice at his good fortune.

  • God is in the midst, and each drop tries to expand so as to reflect Him to the greatest extent.

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