Synonyms of parlaying

parlaying

verb

present participle of parlay

as in expanding

to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value

He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expanding
• extending
• boosting
• accelerating
• increasing
• augmenting
• developing
• stretching
• jumping
• maximizing
• multiplying
• compounding
• stoking
• escalating
• amplifying
• adding (to)
• upping
• enlarging
• spiking
• supplementing
• skyrocketing
• hyping
• booming
• swelling
• following up
• raising
• accumulating
• enhancing
• aggrandizing
• prolonging
• reinforcing
• inflating
• supersizing
• building up
• pumping up
• intensifying
• lengthening
• complementing
• elongating
• distending
• heightening
• dilating
• bumping (up)
• strengthening
• drawing out
• protracting
• amassing
• ratcheting (up)
• magnifying
• reenforcing
• blowing up
• collecting
• fleshing (out)
• racheting (up)
• beefing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• curtailing
• shortening
• abbreviating
• abridging
• condensing
• contracting
• compressing
• reducing
• constricting
• decreasing
• diminishing
• retrenching
• cutting back
• dwindling
• lowering
• lessening
• downsizing
• subtracting (from)
• abating
• minifying
• de-escalating