Synonyms for Thickening:
n.
•coagulation (noun)inspissation.
•expansion (noun)
broadening, amplification, engorgement, burgeoning, fattening, widening, enlargement, lengthening, augmentation, inflation, dilation, crescendo, spreading, magnification, extension, swelling, distension, development, growth, increment, increase, stretching, expansion.
•growth (noun)
expansion, increase, widening, augmentation, stretching, enlargement, extension, swelling.
•thickening (noun)
gathering, intensifying, thickener, complex, knob, deepening, inspissation, node.
v.
•congealing (verb)hardening, jelling, Coagulating, Congealing, solidifying, setting.
•expanding (verb)
incrementing, Dilating, Amplifying, Engorging, expanding, Enlarging, Distending, Inflating, developing, augmenting, growing, Magnifying, Extending, increasing.
•thickening (verb)
expanding, widening, broadening.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:
gathering, intensifying, thickener, complex, knob, deepening, inspissation, node.
Usage examples for thickening
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The two men saw her hastening away in the thickening shadows. – Dixie Hart by Will N. Harben
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As she spoke she felt a sudden thickening of her heart- beats, and looking up she was aware that before her stood the Spirit of Life. – The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10) by Edith Wharton