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

Shares of Dell have gained 238% year to date as the hardware firm has benefited from sky-high demand for its products due to widening artificial intelligence adoption. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Trading ranges are widening, and reversals are becoming more aggressive. — Thomas Hartmann, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

In the Bay Area, tech companies bent on winning the race to develop artificial intelligence into a profitable business have juiced compensation to recruit talented executives and software engineers, widening the pool of high-income earners. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Families are burying victims while relatives of the missing wait for answers, as authorities detain the captain, crew and port officials in a widening probe into the disaster’s cause. — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

The Iran war is widening the divide between Gulf stock markets. — semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Shawn Ryan Tackling a distance like that will need considerably more solar area, but Ryan has ruled out the obvious fix of simply widening his current upright bike and plastering it with panels. — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Any road improvements or development will be Velocity Arts’s responsibility, according to city documents, including widening Clare Road, paving 167th Street from Clare to I-35 and improving the Clare Road bridge over I-35. — Taylor O'Connor 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

Options considered during the analysis included drilling holes in the existing piles and adding more steel inside, or widening the pile caps so more piles could be added on the outside. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026