| Main Entry: | escalate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, be increased |
Synonyms: |
amplify, ascend, broaden, climb, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, intensify, magnify, make worse, mount, raise, rise, scale, step up, widen |
Antonyms: |
decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, weaken |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
Synonyms: |
arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
Antonyms: |
decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, accelerate |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
Antonyms: |
decelerate, decrease, destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | climb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl, move up |
Synonyms: |
ape up, ascend, clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, rise, scale, soar, top |
Antonyms: |
descend, dismount, go down, retreat |
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add or grow |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annex, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, extend, further, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, mark up, mount, multiply, pad, progress, proliferate, prolong, protract, pullulate, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, sharpen, slap on, snowball, spread, step up, strengthen, supplement, swarm, swell, tack on, teem, thicken, triple, wax, widen |
Antonyms: |
decrease, deplete, diminish, lose, subtract |
| Main Entry: | inflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, increase |
Synonyms: |
aerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, boost, build up, cram, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, flesh out, magnify, maximize, overestimate, pad, puff up, pump up, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, swell up, widen |
Antonyms: |
compress, contract, deflate, let air out, shrink |
| Main Entry: | intensify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more forceful, severe |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, add fuel, add to, aggrandize, aggravate, augment, beef up, boost, brighten, build up, concentrate, darken, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, exalt, heat up, heighten, increase, intensate, lighten, magnify, point, pour it on, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, set off, sharpen, spike*, step up, strengthen, stress, tone up, whet |
Antonyms: |
calm, lower, slow, soothe, weaken |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase |
Synonyms: |
advance, ascend, boost, escalate, gain, hike, jack up, mount, put up, raise, rise, surge, up |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease |
| Main Entry: | leap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, jump over; increase |
Synonyms: |
advance, arise, ascend, bounce, bound, caper, cavort, clear, escalate, frisk, hop, hurdle, lop, mount, rise, rocket, saltate, skip, soar, spring, surge, vault |
| Main Entry: | mount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | climb |
Synonyms: |
arise, ascend, back, bestride, clamber up, climb onto, climb up on, escalade, escalate, get astride, get up on, go up, jump on, lift, rise, scale, soar, tower, up, vault |
Antonyms: |
alight, dismount, fall |