Synonyms for magnify
ˈmæg nəˌfaɪ

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1. magnify, amplify(verb)

   increase in size, volume or significance

   "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

   Synonyms:
   exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, hyperbolize, inflate, overstate

2. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify(verb)

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

   Synonyms:
   exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, overdo, hyperbolize, inflate, overstate

3. blow up, enlarge, magnify(verb)

   make large

   "blow up an image"

   Synonyms:
   go ballistic, lucubrate, expatiate, puff out, exposit, detonate, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, puff up, expound, flesh out, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, combust, flip one's lid, expand, dilate, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, overstate, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, blow up, exaggerate, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, elaborate, inflate, aggrandize, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, dramatize, blow one's stack

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. magnify

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, rage, raise, revive

   Antonyms:
   abate, decline, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. magnify

   Synonyms:
   enlarge, amplify, increase, augment, exaggerate, laud, extol

   Antonyms:
   diminish, contract, curtail, palliate, extenuate, decry

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. magnify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   enlarge, augment, amplify, exaggerate, make great, increase the size of (to the eye)

2. magnify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   extol, exalt, elevate, celebrate, glorify, bless, laud, praise highly

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   amplify, enlarge, optimizes

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