broaden

Speech parts

1. broaden - Adjective

2. broaden - Verb

3. Broaden - Proper noun

Meaning

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

extend diversify widen branch out ream increase overfeeding spread extended develop rise expansion improve grow raise
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Antonyms

ridge pollard barber bend WAD cockle
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Hypernyms

change increase vary extend alter widen

Hyponyms

stretch territorialize territorialise globalize globalise

Phrases with the word

broaden someone's horizons broaden one's horizons

Derivatives

broadened broadening

Anagrams

bandore Aberdon boarden Braedon

Examples

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. Marcus Aurelius

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up. Ernest Hemingway

I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. Frank B. Kellogg

Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region. Frank Carlucci

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do. Martin Seligman

Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children. Michael Gove

Close letter words and terms

broadclothed Broadclyst Broaddus broaden one's horizons broaden someone's horizons broadener