'Broaden' definitions:
Definition of 'broaden'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make broader; "broaden the road"
verb
Extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend]
verb
Vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" [syn: diversify, branch out, broaden] [ant: narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize]
verb
Become broader; "The road broadened"
Definition of 'Broaden'
From: GCIDE
- Broaden \Broad"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broadened; p. pr. & vb. n. Broadening.] [From Broad, a.] To grow broad; to become broader or wider. [1913 Webster]
- The broadening sun appears. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Broaden'
From: GCIDE
- Broaden \Broad"en\, v. t. To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'broaden'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accrue,
- accumulate,
- add to,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- appreciate,
- augment,
- balloon,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- boom,
- boost,
- breed,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- crescendo,
- deal in generalities,
- deepen,
- develop,
- dilate,
- distend,
- ecumenicize,
- enlarge,
- exalt,
- expand,
- extend,
- fatten,
- fill out,
- gain,
- gain strength,
- generalize,
- get ahead,
- globalize,
- go up,
- greaten,
- grow,
- hike,
- hike up,
- huff,
- increase,
- inflate,
- intensify,
- jack up,
- jump up,
- lengthen,
- magnify,
- make a generalization,
- maximize,
- mount,
- multiply,
- open,
- outspread,
- outstretch,
- parlay,
- proliferate,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- rarefy,
- rise,
- run up,
- shoot up,
- snowball,
- spread,
- spread out,
- strengthen,
- stretch,
- sufflate,
- swell,
- thicken,
- tumefy,
- universalize,
- up,
- wax,
- widen