STRETCHED Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in enlarged

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verb

past tense of stretch

as in exaggerated

to add to the interest of by including made-up details it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version

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as in pulled

to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure I stretched a back muscle, and the pain is killing me

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as in lengthened

to make longer the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered

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as in tried

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress your whining is stretching my patience to the limit

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as in tightened

to draw tight if the canvas isn't properly stretched over the frame, there will be sagging over time

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Recent Examples of stretched

Adjective

But the case shapes alone tell you Samsung isn’t treating the Wide as a stretched version of the Ultra. — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Wiley often wears her hair in a stretched state, combing through her gray coils with a blow dryer before doing a braid-out. — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 29 May 2026 Once activated, the Fe-SMA bars aim to shrink back to their pre-stretched shape. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026 It’s formulated with calcium to promote new cell growth, adenosine to fill in wrinkles, collagen to maintain your skin’s density and thickness, elastin to restore stretched skin, and Vitamin D for rejuvenation. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026 America’s health care system is straining under the twin pressures of an aging population and a stretched pool of health care providers. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

Stars including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone and Paul Rudd were seen departing the venue after the festivities began Friday evening and stretched until the early hours of Saturday morning. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 Brazil were energetic and vertical, Vinicius Junior and Rayan stretched their opponents and Gabriel Martinelli’s stoppage-time winner was just reward. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026 For the crowd that still stretched several heads deep in many nooks along Hope Street, braving the sun provided a positively patriotic experience that didn't disappoint. — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026 Young, who averaged 25 points in the G-league last season, scored 21 points, including a three that stretched the Heat’s lead to five late in the game. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026 Antonelli's first win since last month's Monaco Grand Prix stretched his Formula 1 standings lead to 43 points over teammate Russell, who was fourth after starting fifth. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 Utah's state forester, Jamie Barnes, told reporters that fires across the state this season had been moving in ways that had stretched Utah's firefighting capacity to its limits, with new fires beginning closer to populated areas than in previous years. — Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026 Minnesota led 28-16 after the first quarter, then stretched the lead to 45-29 at halftime after holding Dallas to 11-for-37 shooting with eight turnovers before the break. — CBS News, 28 June 2026 Meanwhile, disputes within the Johnson administration over how to steer the CARE program stretched from last year up until Ige’s departure. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stretched

Adjective

That starts right up front with a full makeover that pairs a simplified bumper with a set of enlarged LED headlights.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
According to the release, the medical director allegedly signed off on one patient's test results as normal, despite indications that the patient had an enlarged heart.

— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Definition of enlarged

Verb

The president designated the gang as a terrorist group and said Maduro had sent it to invade the United States, although some law enforcement officials say the administration exaggerated the threat to justify mass deportations.

— Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 10 July 2026
Emma Wager, senior policy analyst for the program on the ACA at KFF, said there is fraud in the ACA marketplace, but the scale described by the federal government may be exaggerated.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 June 2026

Definition of exaggerated

Verb

Conine waited on a full-count changeup with one out in the fifth and pulled it over the fence in right-center field for a 1-0 lead.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
His hair is pulled back in a knot, and his spear is aimed at something under the surface of the water.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

In some areas, however, demand for testing has lengthened the turnaround time to two to three days, doctors said.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 July 2026
As a second-generation Taiwanese American, my family made frequent trips between California and the island nation, an arduous 15-hour flight, lengthened by stopovers in Hawaii or Alaska in the early days.

— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of lengthened

Verb

After the earthquakes hit, Núñez tried to contact authorities – only to receive no helpful information.

— Susana Erazo, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Scientists have tried everything from high-tech light-bending optics to transparent plastics and hyper-realistic camouflage.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

Where Jović tightened as the match went on, after the energy of claiming an up-and-down first set, Pegula relaxed and trusted her game.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Commissioning budgets have tightened, development cycles have lengthened and the opportunities for growing indies to scale have become increasingly limited.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 2 July 2026

Definition of tightened

Adjective

Wasting no time, the students adorned their white padded uniforms.

— Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
The exterior features a locking zippered pocket for easy access to essentials, while the main compartment includes RFID-blocking card and passport slots as well as a padded tablet sleeve.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

Definition of padded

Verb

Routh said because of that cap, PJM found nearly $13 billion was saved in the last two auctions, and that cap is now extended at least for power through 2030.

— Lauren Linder, CBS News, 13 July 2026
This constitutional reform also extended the presidential term from five to six years and moved up the presidential elections to 2027.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026