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Synonyms of magnify in English:

magnify


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verb

1‘the image is magnified by an eyepiece’

SYNONYMS
enlarge, boost, enhance, maximize, increase, augment, extend, expand, amplify, intensify, heighten, deepen, broaden, widen, dilate
informal blow up
ANTONYMS

reduce

2‘she tended to magnify the defects of those she disliked’

SYNONYMS
exaggerate, overstate, overemphasize, overplay, dramatize, colour, embroider, embellish, enhance, inflate, amplify, make a mountain out of, make a mountain out of a molehill
informal make a big thing out of, blow up, blow up out of all proportion
archaic draw the long bow
ANTONYMS

minimize, understate

3‘my soul doth magnify the lord’

SYNONYMS
praise, bless, worship, venerate, adore, extol