Synonyms for magnify
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Exalt — to praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God)
exalt, glorify, aggrandize, aggrandise UK, extol, praise, elevate, laud, bless, applaud, celebrate, cry up, dignify, embiggen, honor US, honour UK, idolize, idolise UK, revere, eulogize, eulogise UK, erect, puff, enthrone formal, lionize UK US, lionise UK, panegyrize, panegyrise UK
2. Amplify
amplify, exaggerate, augment, overstate, heighten, increase, overdraw, swell, aggravate dated, hyperbolize dated, hyperbolise UK
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
- v. 2
To make (something) larger or more important.
Related words
- Word family
- magnification
Forms
- Past participle
- magnified
e.g. magnified → exalted, glorified, aggrandized, extolled…
Example sentences
- glorify There are economic systems that don't glorify money.
- exalt The party will continue to exalt their hero.
- extol I plan to extol your virtues to all who will listen.
- exaggerate She seems to have a tendency to exaggerate things.
- amplify I just want to amplify my understanding of the world.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| magnify | rising | |
| glorify | rising | |
| exalt | rising | |
| extol | steady | |
| aggrandize | steady | |
| exaggerate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- puff1, laud1
- 5 letters
- honor2, bless1, swell1, erect2, exalt2, extol2
- 6 letters
- honour2, praise1, revere2
- 7 letters
- applaud2, elevate3, amplify3, augment2, enlarge2, glorify3, idolize3, dignify3, idolise, lionize3, lionise
- 8 letters
- increase2, heighten2, eulogize3, overdraw3, enthrone, eulogise, embiggen
- 9 letters
- celebrate3, aggravate3, overstate3
- 10 letters
- exaggerate4, aggrandize3, aggrandise, panegyrize, panegyrise
- 11 letters
- hyperbolize, hyperbolise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- magnifier
- Español
- magnificar
- Deutsch
- preisen