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Synonyms for magnify in English

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magnify:
- enlarge; blow up; magnify; amplify; exaggerate; overstate; overdraw; hyperbolize; hyperbolise

English

Detailed Synonyms for magnify in English

magnify:

magnify verb

magnify

– make large ¹
to enlarge; to blow up; magnify
– make large ¹
- enlarge verb (enlarges, enlarged, enlarging)
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
  - blow up an image¹
- magnify verb
magnify

– increase in size, volume or significance ¹
to amplify; magnify
– increase in size, volume or significance ¹
- amplify verb (amplifies, amplified, amplifying)
- magnify verb
magnify

– to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ¹
to exaggerate; to amplify; to overstate; overdraw; hyperbolize; magnify; hyperbolise
– to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ¹
- exaggerate verb (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
  - tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery¹
- amplify verb (amplifies, amplified, amplifying)
- overstate verb (overstates, overstated, overstating)
- overdraw verb
- hyperbolize verb
- magnify verb
- hyperbolise verb

Alternate Synonyms for "magnify":

amplify; enlarge
overstate; exaggerate; overdraw; hyperbolize; hyerbolise; misinform; mislead
blow up; enlarge; increase

Antonyms for "magnify":

understate; reduce

Related Definitions for "magnify":

make large¹
increase in size, volume or significance¹
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University