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

This feed-in jumbo braid updo on Teyonah Parris is achieved by adding a lot of pre-stretched braiding hair when creating the cornrows. — Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 19 July 2026 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

While the main festival was in Grant Park, entry locations for riders stretched all the way to the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry on the South Side. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 But as hours stretched into days with no word from them, his hope turned to sorrow. — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Danger lurked in the shady groves of avocado trees that stretched on the mountainsides as far as the eye could see. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 While multiple songs stretched past the 10-minute mark, there was always a callback to another groove or a riff to keep everything under control. — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026 The flight was scheduled to land in Newark 3 1/2 hours after takeoff, Ng-Reyes said, but the diversion and delay stretched the trip to roughly eight hours. — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026 Lindsay Clancy's first trial stretched on for six weeks of testimony and jurors deliberated for more than 38 hours. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 As the ovation stretched into its sixth minute, the audience began chanting for director Lance Oppenheim and singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, who makes her acting debut in the film. — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Under the map, Cleaver’s 5th Congressional District stretched east from Kansas City to the rural cities and towns spread across mid-Missouri. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stretched

Adjective

According to the Mayo Clinic, finasteride is a prescription medication used to treat hair loss in men and an enlarged prostate.

— James Powel, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
One enlarged version consumed 120 watts while producing 42 milliliters of water per minute.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enlarged

Verb

The brothers' lawyers have argued that the two have exaggerated their wealth as part of their public personas and should be released on bond.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Tesla released its Autopilot driver-assist system in 2015 (and then the Full Self-Driving Beta program in 2020), marketing the new technology with ads that exaggerated the car’s powers.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of exaggerated

Verb

The disbelief at billowing black smoke from a gash in the Pentagon and collapsing skyscrapers of steel, the dread over what attacks might yet come, the hope that people might be pulled from the rubble alive.

— Ann Gerhart, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
In his absence, the documentarian created a digital avatar of the Tesla CEO and used statements pulled from decades’ worth of the entrepreneur’s interviews and public appearances.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

As the researchers lengthened the fall, this phase increased—a behavior in line with the theory.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The piece was based on a recent study from UCLA that found that waiting times for surgery for nonmetastatic breast, colon, lung, pancreatic, gastric and esophageal cancer have lengthened across the board over the last 10 years or so.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of lengthened

Verb

Flynn tried to imagine housewives across the land struggling to create this monstrous concoction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The Spaniard tried to prepare his players for a crunch game at Anfield by playing You’ll Never Walk Alone, the emotive track that greets the Liverpool players onto the pitch before games, to help ready them for the atmosphere.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

Both markets have tightened rules that had allowed low-value imports to enter duty-free.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Earlier this year, the government also tightened rules for foreign business owners, raising the capital requirement of a business manager visa popular among entrepreneurs from five million yen ($31,000) to 30 million ($126,000).

— Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tightened

Adjective

The padded straps and contoured back panel evenly distribute weight across your shoulders to minimize tension and fatigue.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
The backpack is also designed with a padded laptop sleeve, several pockets, and a detachable pouch for storing valuables or toiletries.

— Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of padded

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The report highlights that even as fiber lines are extended into rural areas and billions of federal and state dollars are deployed, affordability and access remain insurmountable barriers for many families.

— Erin Mote, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Odds of a hike on Wednesday's meeting extended to above 91 percent by midday as equity prices firmed.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026