Unscramble expanded

Definition of expanded

adjective:

• increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Antonyms: contracted.

verb:

• extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands". Synonyms: expand, spread out. Antonyms: contract.
• become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly". Synonyms: expand.
• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing". Synonyms: expand.
• grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving", "business is booming". Synonyms: boom, expand, flourish, thrive.
• exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated". Synonyms: amplify, blow up, expand, 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, expand, 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: expand, 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.

Rhymes with

candid, handed, landed.