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Synonyms for distend

  • verb

Most common

spread fill swell dilate strut

All synonyms

Verb

1. Swell — to extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

swell, dilate, spread, fill, blow, expand, stretch, extend, swell out, enlarge, inflate, swell up, bloat, tumefy, amplify

Other

strut

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

Forms

Past participle
distended
e.g. distended → swelled, dilated, filled, blown…

Example sentences

  • spread I like to spread honey on my toast in the morning.
  • fill Please fill in your name and address on this form.
  • swell I didn't know what made my leg swell up like that.
  • dilate I hate the drops doctors use to dilate my eyes for an eye exam.
  • strut That strut is weak and needs reinforcing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
distendsteady
spreadrising
fillsteady
swellsteady
dilaterising
strutsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
fill1, blow1
5 letters
swell1, strut1, bloat1
6 letters
spread1, expand2, extend2, dilate2, tumefy
7 letters
stretch1, enlarge2, amplify3, inflate2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (expand2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
distendre