Stretch Synonyms and Antonyms

strĕch
To become longer
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. increase
  2. elongate
  3. grow
  4. expand
  5. Also used with out: draw out
  6. be extended
  7. extend oneself
  8. spread
  9. extend
  10. unfold
  11. lengthen
  12. prolong
  13. swell
  14. spring-up
  15. prolongate
  16. shoot up
  17. protract
  18. open
  19. burst-forth
  20. spin
  21. produce
Antonyms:
  1. shrink
  2. contract
  3. wane
To cause to stretch, sense 1
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. extend
  2. expand
  3. elongate
  4. distend
  5. strain
  6. tighten
  7. lengthen
  8. spread
  9. make tense
  10. draw
  11. draw out
  12. develop
  13. bridge
  14. fan
  15. course
  16. inflate
  17. crane
  18. dilate
  19. distance
  20. magnify
  21. elasticity
  22. open
  23. amplify
  24. exaggerate
  25. spread-out
  26. expanse
  27. stretch-out
  28. widen
  29. outstretch
  30. extension
  31. flexible
  32. pull
  33. interval
  34. length
  35. pull out of shape
  36. limber
  37. pull into shape
  38. overstate
  39. period
  40. draw tight
  41. prolong
  42. range
  43. make taut
  44. rap
  45. reach
  46. unfold
  47. tauten
  48. run
  49. scope
  50. sentence
  51. span
  52. spell
  53. unroll
  54. sprawl
  55. stint
  56. tautness
  57. tension
  58. time
  59. tract
  60. walk
  61. while
Antonyms:
  1. relax
  2. let-go
  3. slacken
To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reach
  2. carry
  3. extend
  4. go
  5. lead
  6. run
The measure of how far or long something goes in space, time, or degree
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reach
  2. extent
  3. compass
  4. length
  5. stretchiness
  6. range
  7. span
  8. stretchability
  9. reaching
To occupy space
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reach
  2. extend across
  3. Also used with out: outstretch
  4. range
  5. extend
  6. extend to
  7. unfold
  8. spread over
  9. cover a given distance
  10. stretch-out
Antonyms:
  1. compress
  2. shorten
  3. concentrate
To be or place oneself in a prostrate or recumbent position.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. Also used with out: lie
  2. recline
  3. repose
To take repose, as by sleeping or lying quietly.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. Also used with out: lie
  2. recline
  3. stretch-out
  4. repose
  5. rest
An extent, measured or unmeasured, of linear space
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. distance
  2. length
  3. space
  4. piece
  5. way
A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. distance
  2. expanse
  3. expansion
  4. extent
  5. reach
  6. sweep
  7. space
  8. spread
A specific length of time characterized by the occurrence of certain conditions or events
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. period
  2. season
  3. span
  4. term
A limited or specific period of time during which something happens, lasts, or extends
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. time
  2. duration
  3. span
  4. stint
  5. term
A term of service, as in the military or in prison
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. time
  2. hitch
  3. tour
A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. time
  2. bout
  3. go
  4. hitch
  5. inning
  6. shift
  7. spell
  8. stint
  9. tour
  10. trick
  11. turn
  12. watch
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. load
  2. adulterate
  3. dilute
  4. debase
Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stretching
Occupy a large, elongated area
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stretch along
Capable of being extended or expanded
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. expansible
  2. expansile
  3. extendible
  4. extensible
  5. extensile
  6. protractile
  7. stretchable

Words Related to Stretch

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.

Stretch Sentence Examples

  • That's a stretch and a tug.

  • She heard him stretch out on the ground and within minutes his breathing changed.

  • Very little would change in this seventy-year stretch of life.

  • It was a relief to stretch out in a restaurant booth.

  • Before the spark happens lines of electrostatic force stretch from one to the other in curved lines.

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