| Main Entry: | enlargement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase, expansion |
Synonyms: |
aggrandizement, amplification, augmentation, blow up, elongation, extension, growth, spread |
Antonyms: |
abridgment, compression, decrease, lessening, lowering, reduction, 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: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | process of conjoining, adding |
Synonyms: |
accession, adding, adjoining, affixing, annexation, attachment, augmentation, enlargement, extension, inclusion, increasing |
| Notes: | an addition is something that, when added, serves simply to augment or extend that to which it has been added, leaving the character of the original unchanged; an addendum forms a separate distinguishable portion of the whole and it first meant 'a thing to be added' |
Antonyms: |
decrease, deduction, lessening, loss, reduction, shrinkage, subtraction, withdrawal |
| 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: | amplification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
Synonyms: |
addition, augmentation, boost, boosting, buildup, deepening, development, elaboration, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, expatiation, extension, fleshing out, heightening, intensification, lengthening, magnification, padding, raising, strengthening, stretching, supplementing, upping, widening |
Antonyms: |
abridgement, compression, condensation, contraction, decrease, lessening, shortening |
| 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: | development |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growth |
Synonyms: |
adding to, addition, adulthood, advance, advancement, advancing, augmentation, augmenting, boost, buildup, chrysalis, developing, elaborating, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, evolving, expansion, flowering, hike, improvement, increase, increasing, making progress, maturation, maturing, maturity, ongoing, ontogenesis, ontogeny, perfecting, progress, progression, reinforcement, reinforcing, ripening, spread, spreading, unfolding, unraveling, upgrowth, upping |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | evolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, progress |
Synonyms: |
change, enlargement, evolvement, expansion, flowering, growth, increase, maturation, natural process, progression, transformation, unfolding, working out |
Antonyms: |
blockage, decrease, halt, stoppage |