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

Thus, Planet 1 slows down and begins to lag behind Planet 2, widening the gap between them. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The spread is widening between AI leaders OpenAI and Anthropic as a sell-off in CoreWeave leads neocloud stocks lower. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

The presentation Monday night before the Plano city council revealed that widening some existing roads, adding new turn lanes to others and placing no parking signs in neighborhoods should address concerns about traffic among nearby homeowners. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

The appointment comes at a challenging time for the newspaper industry, when audience share is spreading across an ever-widening array of platforms and AI poses new ethical questions. — Staff, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026

Trying to avoid any rush hour traffic during peak times would mean widening roads and removing the charm of SR 434 in Winter Springs. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

The strikes marked a fresh escalation in the widening Middle East crisis and came shortly after a coalition spokesman urged residents to evacuate the area for their safety. — Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Harnessing his brilliant writing and cinephile’s eye, Bourdain used food as an entry point to understand people and places while widening the aperture of what should be considered great. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

El Sayed also pointed to the consequences of the widening conflict, including disruptions to global energy supplies. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026