Synonyms for deepen
ˈdi pəndeep·en

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1. intensify, compound, heighten, deepenverb

   make more intense, stronger, or more marked

   "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

   Synonyms:
   change, sharpen, enhance, escalate, compound, rise, step up, heighten, raise, combine, intensify

2. intensify, deepenverb

   become more intense

   "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

   Synonyms:
   intensify, change, compound, escalate, step up, heighten

3. deepenverb

   make deeper

   "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"

   Synonyms:
   change, compound, intensify, heighten

4. deepen, changeverb

   become deeper in tone

   "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

   Synonyms:
   change, alter, vary, modify, exchange, compound, commute, switch, transfer, convert, heighten, interchange, shift, intensify

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1. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   make deeper, increase the depth of

2. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   make darker, make more intense

3. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   reduce to a lower tone, make more grave

4. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   grow deeper, become deeper

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1. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   intensify

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1. List of paraphrases for "deepen":

   deepening, deepened, intensify, strengthen, exacerbate, enhance, aggravate, in-depth

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How to use deepen in a sentence?

1. Li Keqiang:

   These are important parts of our efforts to upgrade China - ASEAN cooperation... we are ready to work with the five countries to build a new framework to deepen cooperation and bring the GMS comprehensive partnership to a new level.

2. President Barack Obama:

   The United States will stand by our GCC partners against external attack and will deepen and extend cooperation that we have.

3. Angela Merkel:

   We wish to deepen our relationship further, and I very much am looking forward to the very good talks I trust we will have today.

4. Craig Singleton:

   It would be a' win' for Putin if Xi simply hews closely to China's stated desire for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis, as it implies that Putin's grievances are legitimate, beyond that though, China may be hard pressed to truly deepen its economic ties with United States, at least any time soon.

5. Tarun Pathak:

   N. Ganapathy Subramaniam, COO of Tata Consultancy Services, the group’s software services arm, told Bloomberg. While there are significant obstacles in India’s ambition to deepen its relationship with Vijay Bate/Hindustan Times/Getty Images Apple, doing so would be a huge boost for the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ‘ I think it ’ll be [ a ] big, big win, you focus on the big one, the others will follow.