broaden

broaden is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To grow broad; to become broader or wider. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
2. transitive verb. To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.
3. verb. become broader

   "The road broadened"

4. verb. make broader

   "broaden the road"

5. verb. vary in order to spread risk or to expand

   "The company diversified"

   Synonyms: diversify

6. verb. extend in scope or range or area

   "The law was extended to all citizens"

   "widen the range of applications"

   Synonyms: extend, widen

Synonyms

diversify, extend, widen

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in broaden:

bandore

Common word forms

broadens, broadened, broadener, broadening

Words from these letters

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