DEEPENING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

deepening

verb

present participle of deepen

as in intensifying

to make markedly greater in measure or degree this book really deepens our knowledge of how the brain works

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Recent Examples of deepening Even still, Xi’s visit now, and his talk of deepening ties across trade, science and technology, is a sign that Beijing wants to reassert its position as Pyongyang’s primary partner. —

Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 Robots learn virtually LG is also deepening its push into robotics. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026 Pashinyan was looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course that includes distancing Armenia from Moscow and deepening cooperation with the West. —

Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Monday for talks aimed at deepening cooperation, particularly in trade, energy, and mining, according to a statement from the Turkish leader’s office. —

ABC News, 8 June 2026 The morning of June 6, Mellor was back at Boston Logan airport for another trip to Havana, at a time when the United States is trying to tighten economic strings to choke Cuba’s government into change, and the country faces a deepening humanitarian catastrophe. —

Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 6 June 2026 The aluminum market is facing a deepening shortage as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz throttles supply, with spot prices for the metal spiking while exchange inventories slump. —

Mark Burton, Bloomberg, 29 May 2026 For instance, the moon spends the day in Scorpio, deepening our intuitive awareness and overall emotions. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 Israel has issued evacuation warnings for Tyre, one of Lebanon's largest cities, deepening the conflict that has already displaced more than a million people in the country. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 May 2026

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And those farmers are horribly disillusioned by this intensifying deflation and depression that spreads after 1873.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
The United States has imposed travel bans on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials and relatives, intensifying pressure on President Daniel Ortega and his co-president wife, Rosario Murillo, over a mounting record of human rights abuses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026