Thesaurus:lengthen

Thesaurus

lengthen

English

Verb

Sense: to make longer

Synonyms

• draw out
• elongate
• enlengthen
• extend
• lengthen
• produce
• prolong
• protract
• stretch

Antonyms

• abbreviate
• abridge
• amputate
• breviate
• clip
• shorten    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• enwiden
• widen    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• extrude

Further reading

• “200. length” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “lengthen” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.