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enhancement - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | enhancement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | augmentation |
| Synonyms: | enrichment, improvement, increase, intensification |
| Main Entry: | augmentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | making greater; improving |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, addition, amplification, boost, buildup, development, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, expansion, extension, growth, hike, increase, increment, inflation, multiplication, raise, reinforcement, rise, swelling, up, beefing up, fleshing out, heightening, intensification, magnification, strengthening, upping |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degradation |
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, quota, remainder, rest, supplement, total, totality, correlative, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, rounding-off |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration complement means an addition will serve to complete something or form with it to make a whole while a supplement is an addition to something already regarded as complete or whole; complement can also mean 'the full quantity, number, or amount' |
| Main Entry: | edification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, education |
| Synonyms: | betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, knowledge, learning, nurture, teaching, tuition, uplifting, irradiation, schooling |
| Antonyms: | destruction, worsening |
| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification; decorating |
| Synonyms: | adornment, coloring, decoration, doodad*, elaboration, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, frill, fuss*, garnish, hyperbole, jazz*, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overstatement, embroidering, fandangle, floridity, flowery speech, froufrou, gilding, gingerbread, icing on the cake |
| Antonyms: | injury, disfigurement, simplification, spoliation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | garnish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embellishment, improvement |
| Synonyms: | adornment, decoration, enhancement, ornament, ornamentation, trim, trimming, furbelow, gingerbread, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | decrease, divestment, plainness |
| Main Entry: | improvement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bettering; something bettered |
| Synonyms: | advance, advancement, amendment, augmentation, betterment, change, civilization, correction, cultivation, development, elevation, enhancement, enrichment, furtherance, gain, growth, increase, progress, progression, promotion, rally, reclamation, recovery, reformation, renovation, revision, rise, upbeat, upgrade, upswing, amelioration, meliorism, preferment, rectification, regeneration |
| Antonyms: | damage, decline, decrease, harm, hurt, injury, diminishing, weakening, worsening |
| Main Entry: | inflation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase, swelling |
| Synonyms: | boom, boost, buildup, enhancement, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, hike, prosperity, rise, spread, aggrandizement, blowing up, distension, intensification, puffiness, tumefaction |
| Antonyms: | compression, decrease, shrinkage, deflation |
| Main Entry: | enrichment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement |
| Synonyms: | embellishment, endowment, enhancement, improvement |
| Main Entry: | accompaniment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessary part or embellishment |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, attendant, attribute, augmentation, complement, concomitant, enhancement, enrichment, supplement |
| Main Entry: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correction, improvement |
| Synonyms: | alteration, betterment, change, correction, enhancement, improvement, mending, modification, reform, reformation, remedy, repair, revision, amelioration, rectification |
| Antonyms: | worsening |
| Main Entry: | amenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant thing |
| Synonyms: | advantage, betterment, comfort, convenience, enhancement, enrichment, excellence, extravagance, facility, frill, improvement, luxury, merit, quality, service, superfluity, virtue |
| Antonyms: | abomination, inconvenience |
| Main Entry: | decoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification, embellishment |
| Synonyms: | adornment, designing, elaboration, enhancement, enrichment, flounce, flourish, frill, garnish, illumination, improvement, ornament, ornamentation, spangle, trimming, beautifying, bedecking, bedizenment, festooning, furbelow, garnishing, redecorating |
| Antonyms: | eyesore |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
| Synonyms: | accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, 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, aggrandizement |
| Main Entry: | appreciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase in worth |
| Synonyms: | enhancement, gain, growth, improvement, inflation, rise |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depreciation, loss |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nurture, help |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, furtherance, patronage, promotion, support, fostering |
| Antonyms: | destruction, harm, hurt, neglect |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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