All aggrandize synonyms
ag·gran·dize
A a verb aggrandize
- acclaim — If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
- dignify — to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- commend — If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- distinguish — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- parlay — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- glorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- magnify — to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
- multiply — to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- jump — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- augment — To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
- hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- hype — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- overvalue — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- brag — If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
- bigger — large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
- honour — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- upgrade — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- inflate — deflate
- beef up — If you beef up something, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
- jack up — an increase or rise: a recent jack-up in prices.