expanded

Meaning of expanded

adjective

being or having been enlarged or extended.

verb, past tense
  1. become or make larger or more extensive.
    their business expanded into other hotels
    the work began as a short story and was later expanded into a novel

late Middle English: from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.

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Hyphenation of expanded

ex-panded

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • expanded is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

expanded synonyms

Meaning make or become larger or more extensive:

enlarge

Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:

swell

Meaning make or become wider, larger, or more open:

dilate

Meaning exaggerate:

inflate

Meaning swell out in a spherical shape:

balloon

Meaning make or become longer:

lengthen

Meaning cause (something) to become longer or wider by pulling it:

stretch

Meaning make or become thick or thicker:

thicken

Meaning make or become fat or fatter:

fatten

Meaning swell up:

intumesce

Meaning become swollen:

tumefy

Meaning (of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically:

grow

Meaning cause to cover a wider area; make larger:

extend

Meaning make (something) greater by adding to it; increase:

augment

Meaning become larger in distance from side to side; widen:

broaden

Meaning make or become wider:

widen

Meaning grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate:

develop

Meaning make or become more diverse or varied:

diversify

Meaning increase or cause to increase greatly in number or quantity:

multiply

Meaning extend over a large or increasing area:

spread

Meaning increase rapidly in number; multiply:

proliferate

Meaning increase, spread, or develop rapidly:

mushroom

expanded antonyms

Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:

shrink

Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:

contract

Meaning make (something) denser or more concentrated:

condense

Words that rhyme with expanded

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