ENLARGES Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

enlarges

verb

present tense third-person singular of enlarge

as in increases

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number as the number of people with cell phones enlarges, more transmission towers will have to be built

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Relevance

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as in expands

to make greater in size, amount, or number with a new member of the family on the way, maybe we should consider enlarging the house

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as in frees

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about

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Recent Examples of enlarges To create space for so much additional DNA, the nucleus enlarges. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026 Gravitational lensing occurs when a large galaxy in the foreground of an observation enlarges a distant galaxy behind it, acting like a cosmic magnifying glass. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 June 2026 Because when an encounter — with a lover, a friend, a stranger or a new film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi — takes you to a place that transforms you, enlarges you and heals the hairline cracks where all the hope keeps leaking out, there is no such thing as too long spent there. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2026 This enlarges the talent pool in these fields by allowing students from all over the globe to participate in original research, such as on how climate change is affecting extinction and the migration of different species. — Ingrid C. Romero, The Conversation, 5 May 2026 The amygdala, the seat of fear, enlarges. — Big Think, 1 May 2026 Dementia shrinks the brain and enlarges the space in the middle cavity as the disease kills off neurons. — Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026 Leisure enlarges your perspective and renews your faith. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026 Anything that perturbs or enlarges the prostate could in theory increase PSA levels. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

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Verb

But using spreadsheets or paper and pen is time-consuming and increases the risks of errors.

— Dana Miranda, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
An optional expansion module, sold separately, increases capacity to 10L for a dinner, game night or larger gathering.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of increases

Verb

Alabama facility expands production Lockheed Martin broke ground on an expansion of Building P-20 in Troy that will add 47,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
His comments come as Mastercard expands its involvement in digital assets, including through its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK, which was completed in August.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of expands

Verb

Special envoy Steve Witkoff praises President Vladimir Putin after Russia frees a retired American teacher.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
That frees up human operators to focus on big-picture decisions, such as monitoring weather forecasts, running flight simulations for possible paths, and then chaining together a series of navigational waypoints for the smoothest possible journey.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of frees

Verb

Enabling that mode augments the on-device scam detection first shipped in March 2025, adding cloud analysis run in Google’s Private AI Compute environment.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
That the stakes are high only augments the thrill of unlocking their working equation.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026