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broadener

broadener

6.9
A person or thing that makes ideas and views wider, for example travel and education
  • noun
  • /ˈbrɔːdənər/
translation icon : ampliador
  • The broadener improved the project's scope.

Examples

  • Education is often seen as a powerful broadener of opportunities for young people.

  • Travel can be a real broadener of the mind.

  • Meeting people from different cultures is a great broadener of perspective.

  • A good broadener can enhance team collaboration.

  • The planner proposed a new broadener that would include more communities in the project.

  • The organization hired a broadener to ensure that their outreach efforts reached diverse populations.

  • As a broadener, her goal was to make the curriculum more inclusive for all students.

Synonyms

expander
vsbroadener
2 4.4

A tool used to make things wider, for example a jaw or a pipe

is broader covering people and abstract inclusion as well as physical widening

How Effective

driving force
39 4.1
catalyst
55 5.0
to influence
591 2.2
broadener
6.9
factor
∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

broadener singular
broadeners plural

Morphology

broadener = broaden (transparent) = broad + en + er

The agent/instrument nominalization from 'broaden' is regular and the prior step 'broad' -> 'broaden' is a standard verb formation, so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Broadener comes from broad meaning 'wide', with -en meaning 'make' and -er meaning 'one who'. So a broadener is someone or something that 'makes wider' or 'expands', like travel or education that widens your view.