Thesaurus:widen

Thesaurus

widen

English

Verb

Sense: to make wider

Synonyms

• breadthen
• broaden
• enwiden
• thicken    [⇒ thesaurus]
• widen
• widthen (rare)

Antonyms

• lengthen    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shorten    [⇒ thesaurus]
• straiten    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• enlarge
• expand
• increase    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• dilate

Further reading

• “202. breadth, thickness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “widen” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.