2. (verb)elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing Synonyms: work out, refine, fat, expound, fatten, exposit, dilate, fill out, spread out, extend, amplify, blow up, rarify, lucubrate, set forth, fatten up, thrive, elaborate, magnify, plump, expatiate, inflate, expand, fatten out, flesh out, complicate, plump out, boom, enlarge, flourish, distend, round
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'dilate'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. dilate Amplify is now rarely used in the sense of increase, to add material substance, bulk, volume, or the like; it is now almost wholly applied to discourse or writing, signifying to make fuller in st Synonyms: amplify, augment, dilate, expand, extend, unfold, develop, enlarge, expatiate, increase, widen Antonyms: abbreviate, amputate, condense, cut down, reduce, summarize, abridge, "boil down, " curtail, epitomize, retrench, sum up
Synonyms for dilate 
