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accretion

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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: accession
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something that augments, adds to

Synonyms:

accretion, addition, augmentation, enlargement, extension, increase, increment, raise, rise
Main Entry: accumulation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gathering or amassing

Synonyms:

accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping

Antonyms:

dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering
Main Entry: acquisition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obtaining or receiving

Synonyms:

accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning
Notes: acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains

Antonyms:

dearth, lack, loss, need, want
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: addition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arithmetical process of augmentation

Synonyms:

accretion, accruing, adding, computing, counting, enlarging, expanding, increasing, reckoning, summation, summing, tabulating, totaling, toting

Antonyms:

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: buildup
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: development; accumulation

Synonyms:

accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff, stack, stockpile, store

Antonyms:

decrease, destruction, reduction
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
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