Need another word that means the same as “broaden”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “broaden” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Broaden” are: extend, widen, branch out, diversify, become broader, make broader, become wider, make wider, expand, fill out, stretch, stretch out, draw out, spread out, deepen, thicken, enlarge, swell
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “broaden” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| become broader | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. |
| become wider | Undergo a change or development. |
| branch out | Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures. |
| deepen | Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. This event only deepened my convictions. |
| diversify | (of a business) enlarge or vary its range of products or field of operation. We re confident that the new owners will grow and diversify the company globally. |
| draw out | Require a specified depth for floating. |
| enlarge | Become larger or bigger. She enlarged the flower beds. |
| expand | Expand the influence of. Their business expanded into other hotels. |
| extend | Extend in scope or range or area. Her generosity did not extend to all adults. |
| fill out | Assume, as of positions or roles. |
| make broader | Assure the success of. |
| make wider | Appear to begin an activity. |
| spread out | Spread out or open from a closed or folded state. |
| stretch | Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. Stretch the imagination. |
| stretch out | Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. |
| swell | Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity. She felt herself swell with pride. |
| thicken | Make or become thick or thicker. The fog had thickened. |
| widen | Make wider. His grin widened. |
| aggrandize | Increase the power, status, or wealth of. An action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty. |
| amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. Amplify sound. |
| bloat | Become bloated or swollen or puff up. The fungus has bloated their abdomens. |
| broad | Broad in scope or content T G Winner. Generous and broad sympathies. |
| diffuse | Spread or diffuse through. A diffuse historical novel. |
| dilate | Make or become wider, larger, or more open. The woman dilated her nostrils. |
| distend | Cause to expand as it by internal pressure. The distended bellies of the starving cows. |
| diversify | Enlarge or vary the range of products or the field of operation of (a business. We re confident that the new owners will grow and diversify the company globally. |
| elongate | Long in relation to width elongated. Elongate fishes. |
| enlarge | Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. Very often a favourite photograph is enlarged and framed. |
| escalation | A rapid increase; a rise. An escalation of violence. |
| expand | Expand the influence of. His business expanded rapidly. |
| expansion | The political strategy of extending a state’s territory by encroaching on that of other nations. The expansion of a b 2 is a 2 2ab b 2. |
| exponentially | In an exponential manner. Values distributed exponentially according to a given time constant. |
| extend | Extend in scope or range or area. The mountains extend over the western end of the island. |
| growing | The process of an individual organism growing organically a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. The growing concern over ozone levels. |
| lengthen | Make longer. In Spring the days lengthen. |
| magnification | The action of magnifying something or the process of being magnified. This microscope should give a magnification of about 100. |
| magnify | Praise highly; glorify. Praise the Lord and magnify Him. |
| pervasiveness | The quality of filling or spreading throughout. The pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways. |
| proliferate | (of a cell, structure, or organism) reproduce rapidly. Pizza parlors proliferate in this area. |
| prolongation | Amount or degree or range to which something extends. An agreement on further prolongation of the boundary proved difficult. |
| propagate | Cause to propagate as by grafting or layering. The French propagated the idea that the English were drunkards. |
| protract | Prolong. He had certainly taken his time even protracting the process. |
| spread | The fact or process of spreading over an area. The owls have spread as far north as Kuala Lumpur. |
| stretch | Become longer by being stretched and pulled. A stretch of highway. |
| stretching | Act of expanding by lengthening or widening. |
| swell | Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity. You re looking swell. |
| unfold | Open or spread out from a folded position. He unfolded the map and laid it out on the table. |
| widen | Make wider. We should widen the scope of our investigation. |
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