Synonyms for amplify
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
amplify an image on the screen
Related words
- Word family
- ample amplification amplitude
Forms
- Past participle
- amplified
e.g. amplified → magnified, augmented, exaggerated, expanded…
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A speaker may amplify a discourse by a fuller treatment throughout than was originally planned, or he may append or subjoin certain remarks without change of what has gone before.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- expand Detours expand your knowledge of the surroundings.
- augment Jugurtha sought to augment his power.
- exaggerate She seems to have a tendency to exaggerate things.
- magnify You can use a magnifying glass to magnify small text.
- lengthen The coat is a bit too short. Can you lengthen it?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| amplify | rising | |
| expand | steady | |
| augment | steady | |
| exaggerate | steady | |
| magnify | rising | |
| lengthen | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- swell1, widen2
- 6 letters
- expand2, extend2, unfold2, enrich2, dilate2
- 7 letters
- develop3, augment2, enlarge2, inflate2, magnify3, thicken2, descant
- 8 letters
- increase2, heighten2, lengthen2, overdraw3
- 9 letters
- aggravate3, overstate3, expatiate
- 10 letters
- exaggerate4, aggrandize3, aggrandise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (widen2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- amplifier
- Català
- amplificar