magnify
Increase apparent size
To magnify is to make something appear larger, typically through optical devices like microscopes or magnifying glasses: The lens magnifies the text threefold.
By extension, magnify means to amplify or exaggerate importance: The media magnified the scandal.
In religious contexts, to magnify the Lord is to praise or glorify.
Rapid movement or magnification
- expandIncrease in size
- enlargeIncrease in size
- scale upIncrease proportionally
- blow upViolently burst apart
increase · extend · upscale · widen · stretch · broaden · telescope · project
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- loupePocket-sized detail viewer
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
inspect · examine · observe · study · analyze · investigate · detail · focus
Increase in degree
- strengthenMake more robust
- deepenIncrease in degree
- enhanceIncrease in quality
- boostUpward push or increase
augment · escalate · accentuate · compound · reinforce · redouble · aggravate · worsen
Represent as greater
- embellishAdd decorative elements
- inflateFill with gas
- dramatizeDepict with heightened emotion
- overemphasizeStress something too much
embroider · overplay · overdraw · blow out of proportion · hyperbolize · sensationalize · overdo · play up
zoom
Rapid movement or magnification
blow up · increase · extend · upscale · widen · stretch · broaden · telescope · project · resize
microscope
Instrument for viewing minute objects
scrutinize · inspect · examine · observe · study · analyze · investigate · detail · focus · zoom in
heighten
Increase in degree
- strengthenMake more robust
- deepenIncrease in degree
- enhanceIncrease in quality
boost · augment · escalate · accentuate · compound · reinforce · redouble · aggravate · worsen · inflame
overstate
Represent as greater
overemphasize · embroider · overplay · overdraw · blow out of proportion · hyperbolize · sensationalize · overdo · play up · make a mountain out of a molehill
- magnifyzoom in, enlarge, close-up, blow up, scale up
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- build upaccumulate, amass, pile up, snowball, escalate
- exaggerateoverstate, embellish, inflate, dramatize, overdo
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
magnifyminimize
Reduce to smallest extent
understate · downplay · play down · trivialize · belittle
- magnifying glassHandheld lens for enlargement
- magnifying glassesLenses that enlarge objects
- orders of magnitudeExponential scale differences
- under the magnifying glassBeing closely examined
- magnifying lensConvex glass for enlargement
- Magnificent SevenWestern about hired protectors
magnificent, magnitude, magnified, magnificat, magnificence, magnification, magnifying, magnifying glass, magnifies