Synonyms of the word

expansion

• n. The act or process of expanding.
• n. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
• n. A new addition.
• n. A product to be used with a previous product.
• n. That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
• n. (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been…

discourse

• n. (uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.
• n. (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
• n. (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
• n. (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
• n. (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can…
• n. (obsolete) Dealing; transaction.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
• v. (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To debate.
• v. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To produce or emit (musical sounds).

discussion

• n. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
• n. Text giving further detail on a subject.

elaboration

• n. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
• n. The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables,…
• n. (computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values…
• n. (electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language…

enlargement

• n. The act of making something larger.
• n. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
• n. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.

increase

• v. (intransitive) (of a quantity) To become larger.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
• v. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
• v. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
• n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
• n. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

step-up

• adj. That increases in stages.
• adj. (of a transformer etc) That increases a voltage.

treatment

• n. The process or manner of treating someone or something.
• n. Medical care for an illness or injury.
• n. The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
• n. (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
• n. (countable, film) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
• n. (obsolete) entertainment; treat.