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All aggrandizement synonyms

ag·gran·dize·ment
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noun aggrandizement

  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • tribute — a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
  • glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • amplification — the act or result of amplifying
  • multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
  • swell — to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
  • rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • upsurge — to surge up; increase; rise: Water upsurged. Crime upsurged.
  • upturn — to turn up or over: The farmer upturned clumps of sod with his spade.
  • growth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
  • augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
  • buildup — praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well-known, etc.
  • boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
  • raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
  • overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • puffery — undue or exaggerated praise.
  • braggadocio — vain empty boasting
  • boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
  • aggrandization — The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
  • self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
  • amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
  • improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
  • development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
  • unempowered — to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the board of health to close unsanitary restaurants.
  • promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • magnification — the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
  • inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • praising — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • augment — To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
  • upswing — an upward swing or swinging movement, as of a pendulum.
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