Expansion Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭk-spănshən
The act of increasing in dimensions, scope, or inclusiveness
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. enlargement
  2. extension
  3. spread
A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. enlargement
  2. development
  3. extension
  4. increase
  5. growth
  6. distance
  7. expanse
  8. extent
  9. augmentation
  10. dilatation
  11. reach
  12. dilation
  13. space
  14. distension
  15. spread
  16. stretch
  17. sweep
  18. proliferation
  19. widening
  20. elaboration
Antonyms:
  1. stagnation
  2. contraction
  3. lessening
  4. shrinkage
Adding information or detail
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. expanding upon

Words Related to Expansion

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.

Expansion Sentence Examples

  • Six years later began the rapid expansion of Russia in Central Asia, and at the end xxiii.

  • The expansion of trade was due to the establishment of a boat route directly to the island.

  • They went as a rule to the United expansion.

  • Each of them, besides being a reversing gear, is an expansion gear both in forward and backward running.

  • For an increase in the navy there was, indeed, sufficient excuse in the enormous expansion of German over-sea commerce and the consequent growth of the mercantile marine; the value of foreign trade, which in 1894 was 365,000,000, had risen in 1904 to 610,000,000, and in the same period the tonnage of German merchant shipping had increased by 234%.

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