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present tense third-person singular of enlarge
Synonyms & Antonyms of enlarges
1
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
Synonyms for enlarges
- accelerates,
- accumulates,
- appreciates,
- balloons,
- booms,
- builds up,
- burgeons
- (also bourgeons),
- climbs,
- escalates,
- expands,
- gains,
- increases,
- mounts,
- multiplies,
- mushrooms,
- proliferates,
- rises,
- rolls up,
- snowballs,
- spreads,
- swells,
- waxes
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2
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
Synonyms for enlarges
Words Related to enlarges
- beefs (up),
- reinforces
- (also reenforces),
- strengthens
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3
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
- like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about
Synonyms for enlarges
- discharges,
- disenthralls
- (also disenthrals),
- emancipates,
- enfranchises,
- frees,
- liberates,
- loosens,
- looses,
- manumits,
- releases,
- springs,
- unbinds,
- uncages,
- unchains,
- unfetters
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“Enlarges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlarges. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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