Synonyms of the word

distend

• v. (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell.
• v. (transitive, reflexive, archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
• v. (transitive) To cause to swell.
• v. (biology) To cause gravidity.

bloat

• v. to cause to become distended.
• v. to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
• v. (intransitive) to become distended; to swell up.
• v. to fill with vanity or conceit.
• v. to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
• n. distention of the abdomen from death.
• n. (figuratively) wasteful use of space.
• n. (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
• adj. (obsolete) bloated.

dilate

• v. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on"…

intumesce

• v. To swell or enlarge (abnormally).
• v. To bubble up (as the result of heating).

swell

• v. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
• v. (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
• v. (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
• v. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
• v. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
• v. To protuberate; to bulge out.
• n. The act of swelling.
• n. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
• n. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
• n. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
• n. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
• n. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
• n. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
• n. (informal, dated) A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
• n. (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
• adj. (Canada, US, informal, slang) Excellent.

tumefy

• v. to cause to swell.

tumesce

• v. (intransitive) To become tumescent; to expand or inflate.

widen

• v. (intransitive) To become wide or wider.
• v. (transitive) To make wide or wider.
• v. (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
• v. (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.