Synonyms of widening

widening

verb

present participle of widen

as in broadening

to increase the width, breadth, or scope of

Immediate action to widen the highway is needed to ease the near constant congestion.

The authorities planned to widen their investigation into Ponzi scheme.

Related Words

• broadening
• expanding
• intensifying
• extending
• strengthening
• reinforcing
• enlarging
• lengthening
• enhancing
• consolidating
• deepening
• augmenting
• elongating
• stretching
• adding (to)
• swelling
• heightening
• enforcing
• amplifying
• accentuating
• sharpening
• emphasizing
• maximizing
• stepping up
• pointing (up)
• redoubling
• stressing
• magnifying
• supplementing
• boosting
• building up
• beefing (up)
• restrengthening
• amping (up)

Dissimilar Words

• narrowing (down)
• constricting
• decreasing
• reducing
• diminishing
• lessening
• weakening
• subduing
• toning (down)
• letting up (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of widening

Rue Dangeau debuts Victorian Gothic thriller Séance starring Vivian Kerr with a one-week run at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles before widening to dates in San Francisco, Phoenix, Houston, Palm Springs and Sedona, with more cities to be announced. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

Additional infrastructure over the years included widening 291, more traffic signals and a turning lane specifically for Costco. — Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

By evening, Mars trines Neptune in your 9th House, widening your perspective. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Oct. 2026

The uncertainty of this moment feels more fractured and more polarized, driven by policy shifts, funding instability, technological disruption and widening inequities that disproportionately affect low-income communities of color. — Philip Weinberg, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Stitching involves widening pedestrian walkways and adding bike lanes. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026

Tehran is thus more than ready to strike a widening array of targets until the United States gives in. — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Harvard economist David Deming is a major voice pointing to remote work, and Apollo’s Torsten Slok notes that the graduate unemployment gap began widening about six months before ChatGPT’s release. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

Every time Novo urges investors to look ahead, Eli Lilly gives them another reason to look back at its widening lead over the Danish drugmaker. — Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026