EXTENDING Synonyms: 244 Similar and Opposite Words

extending 1 of 2

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as in extension

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verb

present participle of extend

as in lengthening

to make longer our guests from out of town extended their visit by a week

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as in offering

to put before another for acceptance or consideration the couple extended an invitation to join them for a get-together at their house after the concert

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as in expanding

to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area you can extend that chaise longue so that it lies completely flat

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as in leading

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction our backyard extends all the way to that brook

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as in increasing

to make greater in size, amount, or number embarked on a series of wars intended to extend his empire

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as in diluting

to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances the company extends its ice cream with thickeners and other additives

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Recent Examples of extending

Noun

Independence Avenue Corridor extending, approximately, from Gladstone Boulevard to the north, East 18th Street to the south, Forest Avenue to the west and Interstate 435 to the east. —

Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026 Delivering a gorgeous, drive-extending, game- and season-saving 27-yard completion to Rome Odunze. —

Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026 And so that was the big tension here, was the extending of the cap was politically unfavorable. —

Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

Verb

The plan, conveyed through mediators in Pakistan to break a stalemate with Washington, calls for extending the ceasefire so the parties can work toward a permanent end to the fighting, Axios said. —

Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026 Vargas then homered to left field, extending the lead to 8-5. —

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 The other, extending protections to educational institutions, was vetoed. —

Elliot Cosgrove, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026 This could mean lowering your monthly payment, extending your repayment timeline or temporarily pausing contributions to your debt settlement fund. —

Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 That mindset is extending beyond flea and tick prevention. —

Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Plans to fund the Department of Homeland Security hit a new snag Monday as House Speaker Mike Johnson said his conference will propose a new version of a bill to sustain most of the agency, likely extending its shutdown. —

Riley Beggin, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026 Neto drove in two runs with a double and Soler knocked in another, extending their lead to 6-0. —

Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026 Also in Lake County, the City of Groveland went through a similar process last year with over 69% of voters choosing to support an ordinance extending council terms from two years to four years and impose term limits for council members and the city’s mayor. —

James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extending

Noun

Trump could also give himself a 30-day extension to continue operations.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
This extension of Josh's sentence comes at the same time that his fourth, and final, appeal of his 2021 conviction is working its way through the courts.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026