Word Meanings - BROADEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BROADEN)

• Enlarge
• Amplify
• expand
• augment
• broaden
• swell
• stretch out
• extend
• stretch
• dilate
• increase
• Thicken
• Condense
• inspissate
• incrassate
• compact
• solidify
• befoul
• obscure
• bemire
• becloud
• coagulate
• amalgamate
• commingle
• intermix
• crowd
• multiply
• enlarge
• deepen
• obstruct
• confuse

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BROADEN)

• Reveal
• make known
• discover

Related words: (words related to BROADEN)

• THICKENING
  Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
• COAGULATE
  Coagulated. Shak. (more info) coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere, coactum, to
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• CROWD
  1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. 2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak. 3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. The balconies and verandas
• COMPACT
  1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
• COMPACTIBLE
  That may be compacted.
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• DISCOVERTURE
  A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery.
• OBSTRUCTIVE
  Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment. -- Ob*struct"ive*ly, adv.
• DISCOVERABLE
  Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
• EXTENDANT
  Displaced. Ogilvie.
• OBSTRUCTIONIST
  One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. -- a.
• SWELLTOAD
  A swellfish.
• DISCOVERY
  1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next
• COMPACTEDLY
  In a compact manner.
• OBSTRUCTER
  One who obstructs or hinders.
• DISCOVERER
  1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
• EXTEND
  To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter , a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. Note: This is extended
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.
• SUBOBSCURELY
  Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.
• DISAUGMENT
  To diminish.
• UNSWELL
  To sink from a swollen state; to subside. Chaucer.