heighten

/hˈaɪtən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. become more extreme
   “The tension heightened”
2. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
   “heightened interest”
3. increase
   “This will enhance your enjoyment”
4. increase the height of
   “The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars”
5. make (one's senses) more acute
   “This drug will sharpen your vision”
6. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
   “The efforts were intensified”

Synonyms for heighten

• rise
• enhance
• raise
• sharpen
• intensify
• compound
• deepen

Words that rhyme with heighten

• lighten
• tighten
• triton
• enlighten
• titan
• brighten
• frighten
• whiten
• breighton
• criton
• guyton
• iten
• knighten
• knighton
• litan
• reitan
• reiten