Widen synonyms

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To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment

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To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.

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To increase in size by a natural process.

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To expand in order to fulfill a larger function:

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To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).

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To make wider

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take-in (antonym)

To receive into your home for the purpose of processing for a fee.

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To make or become broad or broader.

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To cause to increase in extent.

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(Intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

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(Idiomatic) To place items further apart.

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give more space

To make wider

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To increase; to make larger or supplement.

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To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.

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To become open

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grow larger

To become wider

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To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.

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(Intransitive) To grow in number.

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compress (antonym)

To encode (digital data) so that it can be stored or transmitted in significantly fewer bits

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narrow (antonym)

To decrease in width; contract

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To dilate is defined as to expand and become wider.

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To remove (material) by this process.

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(Intransitive, slang) To open one's legs. [from 20th c.]

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cramp (antonym)

To affect with or as if with a cramp.

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restrict (antonym)

Restrict is defined as to keep someone or something within certain limits.

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wide (related)

To the full extent; completely.

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widening (related)

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deepen (related)

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strengthen (related)

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opening up (related)

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Find another word for widen. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for widen, like: increase, enlarge, let out, grow, stretch, expand, add to, take-in, broaden, extend and distend.