Synonyms of sprawling

sprawling

verb

present participle of sprawl

1

as in extending

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point

The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown.

Related Words

• extending
• diverging
• expanding
• radiating
• dividing
• branching
• scattering
• spreading (out)
• splaying
• increasing
• parting
• proliferating
• swelling
• fanning (out)
• separating
• rising
• mushrooming
• dispersing
• escalating
• climbing
• mounting
• enlarging
• multiplying
• forking
• diffusing
• dispensing
• rolling up
• snowballing
• raying
• dissipating
• waxing
• sowing
• gaining

Dissimilar Words

• containing
• limiting
• restricting
• contracting
• diminishing
• decreasing
• dwindling
• focusing
• receding
• waning
• converging
• lessening
• meeting
• joining
• concentrating
• funneling

2

as in sitting

to rest with the arms and legs spread out

There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work.

Related Words

• sitting
• flopping
• straddling
• spreading (out)
• stretching (out)
• squatting
• lounging
• resting
• relaxing
• slouching
• reclining
• plopping
• setting
• lying back
• plunking
• lolling
• basking
• plumping
• reposing
• planking
• flumping
• kicking back
• perching
• opening
• expanding
• unfurling
• splaying
• unfolding
• extending
• flaring (out)
• fanning (out)
• outstretching
• outspreading

Dissimilar Words

• standing
• rising
• arising
• getting up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sprawling

Zoland Asian Market, 7613 NW Prairie View Road The second Asian grocery store location boasts a sprawling 21,000 square feet of produce, meats, frozen food and dry goods. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026

Concerns about meddling As an act of transparency, Fulton County officials invited media to the same sprawling elections hub where FBI agents seized more than 650 boxes of ballots and other 2020 election records nine months ago. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Part of the lengthy process could come from Alaska's sprawling geography, remote locations and mail ballots, since Alaska counts mail ballots received 10 days after Election Day, or 15 days in some cases. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Commissioned by an oil tycoon in the 1920s, the sprawling Tudor-style estate spans 16 acres of formal English gardens, but this week, all the floral arrangements worth noting were inside the Great Hall. — Paul Chi, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026

Each fall, Earth passes through different parts of this sprawling stream, producing two overlapping meteor showers — and, occasionally, the larger fragments responsible for the Taurids' famous fireballs. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2026

The sprawling saga introduces many of the foundational tenets of Hindu spirituality and the storytelling principles that continue to inform all of Bollywood cinema. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

Today, off-the-shelf models can spin up functional applications from scratch in a matter of hours—from niche multi-monitor utilities to sprawling, zero-cost clones of Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026

The backstory The sprawling property was acquired in 2010 and originally operated as a farm under the name Green Good Product. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026