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Another word for widen

widen Synonyms

widen

v.

To make wider
add to, broaden, stretch, extend, increase, enlarge, distend, spread out, give more space, augment.
Antonyms compress*, narrow, cramp.
To become wider
unfold, grow, open, stretch, grow larger, increase, swell, multiply.

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Another word for widen

verb

To make or become broad or broader:
broaden. See wide
To make or become more comprehensive or inclusive:
broaden, expand, extend. See increase

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Then with great labor he began to widen the passageway.
Strict application to technical "clerks," and to widen it out so as to embrace all varieties of ordained Christian ministers.
He did much to widen the national church.
The road began to widen and after a sharp bend she came into the tiny town indicated on the map.
Drawn up by Melanchthon, this pronouncement was intended to widen the breach between the Lutherans and the Zwinglians, and to narrow that between the Lutherans and the Romanists; from this time it was regarded as the chief standard of the Lutheran faith.

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