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Definition of expand

verb:

• extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands". Synonyms: spread out. Antonyms: contract.
• become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly".
• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing".
• grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving", "business is booming". Synonyms: boom, flourish, thrive.
• exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated". Synonyms: amplify, blow up, inflate.
• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation". Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate. Antonyms: contract.
• expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent". Synonyms: extend.

Related words

balloon, billow, detail, develop, dispread, exemplify, exposit, expound, illustrate, inflate, instance, intumesce, luxuriate, particularise, particularize, revive, specialise, specialize, specify, swell, tumefy, tumesce.

Words nearby

expend.

Rhymes with

band, banned, bland, brand, canned, command, demand, disband, fanned, firsthand, firsthand, gland, grand, hand, land, manned, misunderstand, offhand, planned, rand.