outspread

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of OUTSPREAD

to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area <when it outspread its wings, a pteranodon would have had a wingspan in excess of 20 feet>

Synonyms expand, extend, fan (out), flare (out), outspread, outstretch, spread (out), stretch (out), unfold, unfurl

Related Words overspread

Near Antonyms compact, compress, condense, reduce

Antonyms close, contract, fold

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