Magnify meaning

What does “magnify” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“magnify” is a verb with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: increase in size, volume or significance.

magnify

increase in size, volume or significance
“Her terror was magnified in her mind”
Synonymsamplify
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
“tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery”
Synonymsoverstate exaggerate overdraw hyperbolize hyperbolise amplify
make large
“blow up an image”
Synonymsblow up enlarge

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University