make bigger

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To make bigger is to increase in size, amount, or extent.

The phrase is straightforward and common in everyday speech, often used when more precise terms like enlarge, expand, or amplify feel too formal: Can you make the font bigger?

We need to make the hole bigger so the pipe fits.

Related

amplify · magnify · inflate · puff up · swell · widen · open up · extend · spread out · increase · boost · ramp up · scale up · blow up · bulk up · beef up · build up · supersize

Opposites
size change direction

make biggermake smaller

Reduce in size

shrink · reduce · diminish · downsize · scale down

quantity/amount modification

make biggerdecrease

Become or make smaller

lessen · reduce · cut · curtail · cut back

Family

make, bigger, big, made, makes, making, maker, makers, remake

Familiarity
Top 10,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G