branch out

1. 1.

   vary in order to spread risk or to expand

   “The company diversified”

   Synonymsdiversifybroaden

   Broaderchange

Questions about branch out

What does branch out mean?

branch out means "vary in order to spread risk or to expand".

What is another word for branch out?

Close synonyms include diversify, broaden. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is branch out a common word?

branch out is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.