CONTRACTED Antonyms

• (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells

• as of a photograph; made larger

• larger than normal

• enlarged to an abnormal degree

• increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

• fully extended or stretched forth

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• drawn out or made longer spatially

• beyond the literal or primary sense

• large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

• drawn out or made longer spatially

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

• pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

• become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain

• increase in size by natural process

• cause to grow or develop

• develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• grow emotionally or mature

• become attached by or as if by the process of growth

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

• make longer

• become long or longer