Synonyms for aggrandize
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Elevate — to make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.)
elevate, promote, advance, augment, increase, aggravate, raise, empower, uplift, perk up, ennoble, enrich, amplify, heighten, erect, prefer dated, nobilitate dated
2. Exalt — to make appear great or greater; to exalt
exalt, magnify, glorify, dignify, honor US, honour UK, extol, praise, laud, puff, enthrone formal, lionize UK US, lionise UK, idolize, idolise UK, eulogize, eulogise UK, revere, venerate, commend, applaud, panegyrize, panegyrise UK, bepraise, belaud rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
to aggrandize one's authority, distress
- v. 2
To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
- v. 3
To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
aggrandize one's accomplishments and downplay others'
- v. 4
To increase or become great.
Related words
- Word family
- aggrandization aggrandizement
- Is a kind of
- ameliorate empower increase upgrade
- Other spellings
- aggrandise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- aggrandized
e.g. aggrandized → elevated, promoted, advanced, augmented…
Example sentences
- promote We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.
- elevate Improved conditions elevate the human experience.
- augment Jugurtha sought to augment his power.
- aggravate The taunts at the end of the match failed to aggravate Tom.
- magnify You can use a magnifying glass to magnify small text.
- exalt The party will continue to exalt their hero.
By length
- 3 letters
- pad1
- 4 letters
- grow1, puff1, lard1, laud1
- 5 letters
- raise1, honor2, swell1, erect2, exalt2, extol2
- 6 letters
- prefer2, honour2, praise1, expand2, uplift2, enrich2, revere2, dilate2, belaud
- 7 letters
- advance2, promote2, empower3, applaud2, elevate3, augment2, amplify3, commend2, enlarge2, glorify3, inflate2, magnify3, idolize3, dignify3
- 8 letters
- increase2, heighten2, venerate3, eulogize3, enthrone, eulogise, bepraise, embiggen
- 9 letters
- aggravate3, embellish3, dramatize3, embroider3, dramatise
- 10 letters
- nobilitate, panegyrize, panegyrise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor2 = 2 syllables).