Synonyms for enlargement
Most common
increase growth expansion augmentation aggrandizement expatiation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Increase
increase, expansion, growth, augmentation, addition, dilatation, development, extension, inflation, dilation, accession, elaboration, increment, amplification
2. Magnification
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An act or instance of making something larger.
Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
- n. 2
A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
Related words
- Phrases
- benign prostate enlargement
Forms
- Plural
- enlargements → increases, expansions, growths, augmentations…
Example sentences
- increase It cannot be denied that crime is on the increase.
- growth Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.
- expansion Denmark is experiencing a modest economic expansion.
- augmentation Mary wants to undergo breast augmentation surgery.
- aggrandizement His constant tweets about his work were annoying self-aggrandizement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| enlargement | falling | |
| increase | falling | |
| growth | steady | |
| expansion | falling | |
| augmentation | steady | |
| aggrandizement | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- growth1, blowup2
- 8 letters
- increase2, addition3, dilation3
- 9 letters
- expansion3, extension3, inflation3, accession3, increment3
- 10 letters
- dilatation4
- 11 letters
- development4, elaboration5, expatiation
- 12 letters
- augmentation4
- 13 letters
- amplification5, magnification5
- 14 letters
- aggrandizement4, aggrandisement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (blowup2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- élargissement
- Italiano
- allargamento