expand

grow

Increase in size

• increaseGrowth in amount
• enlargeIncrease in size
• swellIncrease in size

multiply · proliferate · augment · amplify · escalate · boost · flourish · burgeon · mushroom · snowball

widen

Expand in breadth

• broadenExpand in scope
• diversifyExpand into new areas
• extendMake longer or larger

spread · stretch · scope · range · reach · horizons · perspective · outlook · inclusion · encompass

stretch

Pull to extend

• unfurlSpread out from rolled
• unfoldSpread open from closed
• spreadTo distribute widely

open · extend · distend · dilate · inflate · bloat · puff · swell · decompress · uncoil

elaborate

Complex and detailed

• developCause gradual growth
• explainMake something understood
• expoundExplain at length

flesh out · detail · amplify · clarify · embellish · unpack · extrapolate · articulate · explicate · elucidate

pupil

Learner or eye opening

• dilateWiden or expand
• dilationWidening of an opening
• irisEye's pigmented disc

eye · constrict · ophthalmology · optometry · retina · atropine · photoreceptor · reflex · aperture · diameter

scale

Measure of relative size

• growIncrease in size
• marketVenue for trade
• portfolioCollected works or assets

operations · capacity · workforce · revenue · customer base · footprint · franchise · venture · enterprise · merger

territory

Land under jurisdiction

• empireDomain under unified control
• colonizeEstablish control over territory
• annexSupplementary building or seizure

conquest · frontier · settlement · jurisdiction · footprint · sphere · influence · market · outpost · branch

• growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
• button labelssubmit, cancel, save, delete, edit
• build upaccumulate, amass, pile up, snowball, escalate
• building verbsbuild, construct, erect, demolish, renovate
• hand rhymesband, brand, sand, land, stand
• improveimprove, enhance, better, refine, upgrade