Synonyms of sprawls

sprawls

verb

present tense third-person singular of sprawl

1

as in extends

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point

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

Related Words

• extends
• diverges
• radiates
• expands
• divides
• branches
• scatters
• parts
• splays
• rises
• swells
• rays
• spreads (out)
• disperses
• separates
• climbs
• increases
• enlarges
• diffuses
• proliferates
• dispenses
• escalates
• multiplies
• fans (out)
• mushrooms
• dissipates
• mounts
• waxes
• rolls up
• forks
• snowballs
• sows
• gains

Dissimilar Words

• contains
• restricts
• limits
• decreases
• recedes
• diminishes
• focuses
• lessens
• converges
• meets
• joins
• concentrates
• contracts
• dwindles
• wanes
• funnels

2

as in sits

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

• sits
• rests
• straddles
• flops
• slouches
• squats
• reclines
• stretches (out)
• plops
• spreads (out)
• relaxes
• lounges
• plunks
• plumps
• basks
• lolls
• sets
• reposes
• lies back
• planks
• perches
• unfurls
• splays
• kicks back
• opens
• expands
• flumps
• extends
• unfolds
• outstretches
• flares (out)
• fans (out)
• outspreads

Dissimilar Words

• stands
• rises
• arises
• gets up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sprawls

The first national park to have been assembled almost entirely out of land donated to the federal government, Acadia sprawls across roughly 50,000 acres of Mount Desert Island. — Dinaw Mengestu, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026

Open side windows offer a panoramic view of farmland that sprawls in all directions. — Midwest Living, 6 July 2026

In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026

This is largely the doing of the seventy-five-year-old patriarch who has expanded a small jute-processing company into a commercial and industrial empire that sprawls across much of the country. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

The lawn sprawls 58,000 square feet. — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 15 June 2026

The property, aptly christened Tall Timber, sprawls across an impressive 200 acres amid the San Juan National Forest. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 June 2026

The 52,485-acre park, which sprawls over 82 square miles of high mesa, deep valleys and canyons, is the first home of today's Puebloan peoples. — Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026

The menu sprawls across all-day breakfast, po’ boys, muffulettas, she-crab soup, shrimp and grits and Cajun pasta, with most entrées landing in the $13-$20 range. — Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026