expanding
Increasing in size
Expanding describes something growing larger, spreading outward, or increasing in scope.
A business expands into new markets.
A balloon expands when filled with air.
An expanding waistline suggests weight gain.
The word often implies gradual, ongoing growth: The expanding universe continues to stretch in all directions.
To expand on something is to elaborate or add detail.
Increasing or enlarging
- enlargingIncreasing the size of
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- wideningIncreasing in extent
- broadeningIncreasing in extent
extending · dilating · swelling · inflating · ballooning · incremental · augmenting · amplifying
Spreading widely apart
- diffusingSpreading particles or light
- radiatingSending out from center
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- disseminatingSpreading information broadly
fanning · splaying · branching · spreading · distributing · permeating · reaching · penetrating
Increasing by repeated addition
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- propagatingSpreading or transmitting onward
- spreadingExtending over space
- reproducingCreating copies or offspring
metastasizing · colonizing · exponential · viral · bacterial · cellular · invasive · mitosis
Increasing in strength
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
- surgingRising with sudden force
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
compounding · exacerbating · worsening · aggravating · deepening · mounting · rising · snowballing
Population shift toward cities
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- innovationCreating something original
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
construction · engineering · planning · industrialization · startups · entrepreneurship · automation · biotech
Lowering of currency worth
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- monetaryOf or about currency
- currencyMedium of exchange
growing
Increasing or enlarging
- enlargingIncreasing the size of
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- wideningIncreasing in extent
broadening · extending · dilating · swelling · inflating · ballooning · incremental · augmenting · amplifying · magnifying
dispersing
Spreading widely apart
- diffusingSpreading particles or light
- radiatingSending out from center
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
disseminating · fanning · splaying · branching · spreading · distributing · permeating · reaching · penetrating
multiplying
Increasing by repeated addition
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- propagatingSpreading or transmitting onward
- spreadingExtending over space
reproducing · metastasizing · colonizing · exponential · viral · bacterial · cellular · invasive · mitosis · cloning
intensifying
Increasing in strength
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
- surgingRising with sudden force
heightening · compounding · exacerbating · worsening · aggravating · deepening · mounting · rising · snowballing · spiraling
urbanization
Population shift toward cities
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- innovationCreating something original
- technologyApplied scientific methods
modernization · construction · engineering · planning · industrialization · startups · entrepreneurship · automation · biotech · research
devaluation
Lowering of currency worth
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- monetaryOf or about currency
currency · cost-of-living · overheating · cost-push · stagflation
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- stretchingreaching, extending, unfurling, lengthening, spreading
- amplifyingboosting, magnifying, intensifying, heightening, strengthening
- letting outrenting, subletting, leasing, emitting, screaming
- puffing upswelling, bloating, inflating, ballooning, billowing
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
expandingcontracting
Reducing in volume
shrinking · compressing · condensing · collapsing · deflating
expandingdecreasing
Becoming smaller or fewer
shrinking · contracting · diminishing · lessening · reducing
expandingcontracting
Reducing in volume
shrinking · declining · downsizing · failing · collapsing
- expanding universeSpacetime stretching over time
- expanding foamSelf-swelling sealant material
- expanding filePleated multi-pocket organizer
- expanding brainCognition increasing in scope