Synonyms for elongate
- verb
- adjective
Definitions
- v. 1
To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
- adj. 1
Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.
Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs.
Related words
- Word family
- elongated elongation
- Phrases
- elongate tigerfish
Forms
- Past participle
- elongated
e.g. elongated → stretched, lengthened, extended, prolonged…
Choose the right word
Elongate is not used of actions or abstractions, but only of material objects or extension in space; protract is very rarely used of concrete objects or extension in space; we elongate a line, protract a discussion.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- stretch My friend got to ride a stretch limousine to prom!
- extend I want to extend my stay here for a few more days.
- lengthen The coat is a bit too short. Can you lengthen it?
By length
- 4 letters
- long1
- 6 letters
- extend2, linear3
- 7 letters
- produce2, stretch1, prolong2
- 8 letters
- lengthen2, protract2
- 10 letters
- enlengthen
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (extend2 = 2 syllables).