Related Words for widen

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broaden
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Verb, Verb
extend
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Verb, Verb
let out
//
Phrase, Verb
deepen
/x
Verb
wider
/x
Adjective
expand
x/
Verb
narrowing
/xx
Noun
constrict
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Verb
lengthen
/x
Verb
enlarge
x/
Verb
weaken
/x
Verb
broader
/x
Adjective
curtail
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Verb
enrich
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb
entrench
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Verb
intensify
x/xx
Verb
darken
/x
Verb
lessen
/x
Verb
shorten
/x
Verb
dilate
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Verb
strengthen
/x
Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
reshape
x/
Verb
enhance
x/
Verb
encompass
x/x
Verb
allow
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Verb
distort
x/
Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
impede
x/
Verb
heighten
/x
Verb
encroach
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Verb
confine
x/
Verb
erode
x/
Verb
delineate
x/xx
Verb
invigorate
x/xx
Verb
enliven
x/x
Verb
stiffen
/x
Verb
unsettle
x/x
Verb
constrain
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Verb
soften
/x
Verb
further
/x
Adjective
hinder
/x
Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
sharpen
/x
Verb
prolong
x/
Verb
strangle
/x
Verb
avert
x/
Verb
horizon
x/x
Noun
deeper
/x
Adjective
augment
x/
Verb
flatten
/x
Verb
redefine
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Verb
increase
x/
Noun
thicken
/x
Verb
encircle
x/x
Verb
accelerate
x/xx
Verb
stimulate
/xx
Verb
outstrip
x/
Verb
stagger
/x
Noun
loosen
/x
Verb
shrink
/
Verb
elevate
/xx
Verb
diverge
x/
Verb
realign
xx/
Verb
engulf
x/
Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
saturate
/xx
Verb
complicate
/xx
Verb
aggravate
/xx
Verb
enlighten
x/x
Verb
pave
/
Verb
harden
/x
Noun
stifle
/x
Verb
bolster
/x
Noun
devastate
/xx
Verb
alter
/x
Verb
dampen
/x
Verb
displace
x/
Verb
divert
x/
Verb
diversify
x/xx
Verb
streamline
/x
Verb
quicken
/x
Name
eased
/
Verb
impair
x/
Verb
outwards
/x
Noun
amplify
/xx
Verb
stretch
/
Noun
improve
x/
Verb
refine
x/
Verb
inflame
x/
Verb
degrade
x/
Verb
continuing
x/xx
Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
skew
/
Noun
impinge
x/
Verb
imperil
x/x
Verb
limit
/x
Noun
excite
x/
Verb
elongate
x/x
Adjective
unite
/x
Verb
dwindle
/x
Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
slacken
/x
Verb
define
x/
Verb
abridge
x/
Verb
protrude
x/
Verb
consolidate
x/xx
Verb
open
/x
Adjective
facilitate
x/xx
Verb
undermine
/xx
Verb
blacken
/x
Verb
negate
x/
Verb
endear
x/
Verb
delimit
x/x
Verb
size
/
Noun
warm
/
Adjective
magnify
/xx
Verb
grow
/
Verb
bigger
/x
Adjective
toughen
/x
Verb
gain
/
Noun
lighten
/x
Verb
grow on
//
Phrase, Verb
grow into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
reach
/
Noun
yellow
/x
Noun
escalate
/xx
Verb
brighten
/x
Verb
proliferate
x/xx
Verb
breach
/
Adjective, Noun
spreads
/
Noun
net
/
Adjective
rift
/
Noun
gap
/
Noun
gulf
/
Noun
disparities
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Noun
chasm
/x
Noun
differentials
xx/x
Noun
bridgehead
/x
Noun
scope
/
Noun
ambit
xx
Noun
abscissa
//x
Noun
align
x/
Verb
boost
/
Verb, Noun
build
/
Verb, Noun
burrow
/x
Noun, Verb
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
delve
/
Verb, Noun
develop
x/x
Verb
dig
/
Verb, Noun
enlargement
x/x
Noun
exacerbate
x/xx
Verb
excavate
/xx
Verb, Noun
expansion
x/x
Noun
extension
x/x
Noun
flare
/
Noun, Verb
generalise
/xx/
Verb
generalize
/xxx
Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
multiply
/xx
Verb, Adverb, Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
rise
/
Noun, Verb
scale
/
Noun, Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
upgrade
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
worsen
/x
Verb
zoom
/
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb