flare out

1. 1.

   become flared and widen, usually at one end

   “The bellbottom pants flare out”

   Synonymsflare

   Broaderwiden

Questions about flare out

What does flare out mean?

flare out means "become flared and widen, usually at one end".

What is another word for flare out?

Close synonyms include flare. 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 flare out a common word?

flare out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.