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TAPERS Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word tapers. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For TAPERS

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broaden
verbv
verb

• make broader

• extend in scope or range or area

• vary in order to spread risk or to expand

• become broader

enlarge
verbv
verb

• make larger

• make large

• become larger or bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

escalate
verbv
verb

• increase in extent or intensity

expand
verbv
verb

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

heighten
verbv
verb

• become more extreme

• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• increase the level of

• increase the height of

• make (one's senses) more acute

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

increase
verbv
noun

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

verb

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

swell
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

• a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

• a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

adjective satellite

• excellent

verb

• increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

• become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

• expand abnormally

• come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

• come up, as of a liquid

• cause to become swollen

thicken
verbv
verb

• make thick or thicker

• become thick or thicker

• make viscous or dense

widen
verbv
verb

• become broader or wider or more extensive

• make (clothes) larger

• make wider

• extend in scope or range or area

Alternatives for BROADEN

Alternatives for ENLARGE

Alternatives for ESCALATE

Alternatives for EXPAND

Alternatives for HEIGHTEN

Alternatives for INCREASE

Alternatives for SWELL

Alternatives for THICKEN

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