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Exact Match:

magnification

the act of expanding something in apparent size

the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

Synonyms:

• accelerando,
• acceleration,
• accolade,
• addition,
• adjunct,
• adulation,
• aggrandizement,
• aggravation,
• ampliation,
• amplification,
• annoyance,
• apotheosis,
• augmentation,
• ballyhoo,
• beatification,
• beefing-up,
• bepraisement,
• big talk,
• blowing up,
• blowup,
• broadening,
• burlesque,
• canonization,
• caricature,
• concentration,
• condensation,
• congratulation,
• consolidation,
• contentiousness,
• crescendo,
• deepening,
• deification,
• deliberate aggravation,
• deployment,
• deterioration,
• dignification,
• dilatation,
• dilation,
• dispersion,
• elevation,
• eloge,
• embittering,
• embitterment,
• encomium,
• enhancement,
• enlargement,
• ennoblement,
• enshrinement,
• enthronement,
• eulogium,
• eulogy,
• exacerbation,
• exaggerating,
• exaggeration,
• exaltation,
• exasperation,
• excess,
• excessive praise,
• exorbitance,
• expansion,
• explosion,
• extension,
• extravagance,
• extreme,
• fanning out,
• flare,
• flattery,
• glorification,
• glory,
• grandiloquence,
• heating-up,
• heightening,
• hero worship,
• hiking,
• homage,
• hommage,
• honor,
• huckstering,
• hyperbole,
• hyperbolism,
• idolatry,
• idolizing,
• immortalization,
• increase,
• inflation,
• information explosion,
• inordinacy,
• intensification,
• irritation,
• kudos,
• laud,
• laudation,
• lionizing,
• meed of praise,
• overemphasis,
• overestimation,
• overkill,
• overpraise,
• overstatement,
• paean,
• panegyric,
• pickup,
• population explosion,
• praise,
• prodigality,
• profuseness,
• provocation,
• puffery,
• puffing up,
• raising,
• redoubling,
• reinforcement,
• sainting,
• sanctification,
• sensationalism,
• sharpening,
• souring,
• speedup,
• splay,
• spread,
• spreading,
• step-up,
• strengthening,
• stretching,
• superlative,
• tall talk,
• tightening,
• touting,
• travesty,
• tribute,
• upping,
• widening,
• worsening