broadeners
Things that widen
Broadeners are things that widen scope, perspective, or experience.
The term appears most often in discussions of education or personal development: Travel and reading are natural broadeners.
A course designed as a broadener exposes students to subjects outside their specialty.
The word is functional but rarely encountered outside academic or self-improvement contexts.
Instruments that expand openings
- expandersThings that stretch outward
- reamersHole-widening implements
- widenersTools for broadening things
- stretchersFrames for carrying casualties
enlargers · openers · spreaders · aperture · bore · diameter · gauge · caliber
Apparent earth-sky boundaries
- perspectivesAttitudes toward situations
- mindsThinks or tends
- worldviewsFrameworks for understanding existence
- understandingMental comprehension of something
outlook · awareness · knowledge · thinking · viewpoints · scope · vision · exposure
Liquids that dissolve substances
- plasticizersAdditives increasing material pliability
- additivesSubstances included for enhancement
- extendersItems that add length
- diluentsSubstances that reduce concentration
flux · reagents · catalysts · emulsifiers · dispersants · surfactants · thinners · modifiers
Those who extrapolate broadly
- abstractionsNon-concrete conceptual ideas
- catch-allInclusive grouping for remainders
- inclusiveCovering all members
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
nonspecific · overarching · generic · all-encompassing · sweeping · blanket · universal · expansive
dilators
Instruments that expand openings
- expandersThings that stretch outward
- reamersHole-widening implements
- widenersTools for broadening things
stretchers · enlargers · openers · spreaders · aperture · bore · diameter · gauge · caliber · expansion
horizons
Apparent earth-sky boundaries
- perspectivesAttitudes toward situations
- mindsThinks or tends
- worldviewsFrameworks for understanding existence
understanding · outlook · awareness · knowledge · thinking · viewpoints · scope · vision · exposure · curiosity
solvents
Liquids that dissolve substances
- plasticizersAdditives increasing material pliability
- additivesSubstances included for enhancement
- extendersItems that add length
diluents · flux · reagents · catalysts · emulsifiers · dispersants · surfactants · thinners · modifiers · softeners
generalizers
Those who extrapolate broadly
- abstractionsNon-concrete conceptual ideas
- catch-allInclusive grouping for remainders
- inclusiveCovering all members
vague · nonspecific · overarching · generic · all-encompassing · sweeping · blanket · universal · expansive · wide-ranging
flared
Spread gradually outward
bell-bottoms · loose · flowing · draped · swing · trapeze · tent · oversized · billowing · voluminous
broadenerslimiters
Devices that cap output
constrainers · restrictors · reducers · contractors · binders
broadenersexcluders
Things that keep out
limiters · qualifiers · gatekeepers · filters · screeners