| Main Entry: | increment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small step toward gain |
Synonyms: |
accession, accretion, accrual, accrument, addition, advancement, augmentation, enlargement, increase, profit, raise, rise, supplement |
Antonyms: |
decrease, loss |
| Main Entry: | accession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that augments, adds to |
Synonyms: |
accretion, addition, augmentation, enlargement, extension, increase, increment, raise, rise |
| Main Entry: | accretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gradual growth, addition |
Synonyms: |
accession, accumulation, augmentation, build-up, increase, increment, raise, rise |
Antonyms: |
decrease, deduction, shrinkage |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
Synonyms: |
accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing |
| Main Entry: | annexation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adding, joining |
Synonyms: |
addition, annexing, appropriation, attachment, grab, incorporation, increase, increment, merger, takeover |
Antonyms: |
detachment, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | augmentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | making greater; improving |
Synonyms: |
accession, accretion, addition, amplification, beefing up, boost, buildup, development, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, expansion, extension, fleshing out, growth, heightening, hike, increase, increment, inflation, intensification, magnification, multiplication, raise, reinforcement, rise, strengthening, swelling, up, upping |
Antonyms: |
decrease, degradation |
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase |
Synonyms: |
addition, advance, breakthrough, expansion, hike, improvement, increment, jump, lift, raise, rise, step-up, up, upgrade, wax |
Antonyms: |
blow, decrease, hindrance, setback |
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquisition, winnings |
Synonyms: |
accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy, growth, headway, hike, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, upping, velvet*, yield |
Antonyms: |
expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste |
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
Synonyms: |
access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, intensification, maximization, merger, multiplication, optimization, raise, rise, spread, step-up, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, waxing |
Antonyms: |
decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |