| verb | increase in size, volume or significance “Her terror was magnified in her mind” |
| verb | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery” |
| verb | make large “blow up an image” |
| adjective | enlarged to an abnormal degree “thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes” |
| magnitude | noun | relative importance |
| magnification | noun | the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object |
| amplifier | noun | electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it |
| overstatement | noun | making to seem more important than it really is |
| exaggeration | noun | extravagant exaggeration |
| hyperbole | noun | extravagant exaggeration |
| blowup | noun | a photographic print that has been enlarged |
| enlargement | noun | a photographic print that has been enlarged |
| enlarger | noun | photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph |
| magnifier | noun | a scientific instrument that magnifies an image |