Synonyms of magnify

Verb


1. magnify, amplify, enlarge

usage: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

2. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify, misinform, mislead

usage: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

3. blow up, enlarge, magnify, increase

usage: make large; "blow up an image"

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