Synonyms: blow up, magnify, enlarge
Definition: make large
Usage: blow up an image
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