Synonyms: amplify
Definition: increase the volume of
Usage: amplify sound
Similar words: intensify, heighten, deepen, compound
Definition: make more intense, stronger, or more marked
Usage: The efforts were intensified, Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her; Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness; This event only deepened my convictions
Synonyms: blow up, expand, amplify, inflate
Definition: exaggerate or make bigger
Usage: The charges were inflated
Similar words: increase
Definition: make bigger or more
Usage: The boss finally increased her salary; The university increased the number of students it admitted
Definition: increase in size, volume or significance
Usage: Her terror was magnified in her mind
Similar words: enlarge
Definition: become larger or bigger
Synonyms: exaggerate, amplify, magnify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate
Definition: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Usage: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery