Heighten and Lengthen

Heighten

Heighten verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.
Usage example: several controversial measures have heightened parental awareness of the impact of school policy decisions

Lengthen and heighten are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lengthen" instead a verb "Heighten".

Nearby Words: height, heightening

Lengthen

Lengthen verb - To make longer.

Heighten and lengthen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heighten" instead a verb "Lengthen".

Nearby Words: length, lengthy, lengthening

Common collocations

episode heighten episode lengthen episode
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Lengthen and Heighten. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heighten/lengthen
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