| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjoin, increase; make further comment |
Synonyms: |
affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up, boost, build up, charge up, continue, cue in, figure in, flesh out, heat up, hike, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, include, jack up, jazz up, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, reply, run up, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten, tack on, tag |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
Antonyms: |
decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw |
| 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: | amplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
Synonyms: |
add, augment, beef up, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, flesh out, heighten, hike up, inflate, intensify, jack up, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, soup up, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen |
Antonyms: |
abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize |
| 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: | constitute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comprise, form |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, complement, complete, compose, compound, construct, cook up, create, develop, dream up, embody, enact, establish, fill out, fix, flesh out, found, frame, fudge together, incorporate, integrate, make, make up, set up |
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make detailed; expand |
Synonyms: |
amplify, bedeck, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, develop, devise, discuss, embellish, enhance, enlarge, evolve, expatiate, explain, expound, flesh out, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, particularize, polish, produce, refine, specify, unfold, work out |
Antonyms: |
make simple, simplify |
| Main Entry: | enhance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, embellish |
Synonyms: |
add to, adorn, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, beautify, boom, boost, build up, complement, elevate, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, flesh out, heighten, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
decrease, fix, lower, minimize, reduce, worsen |
| Main Entry: | enrich |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, embellish |
Synonyms: |
adorn, aggrandize, ameliorate, augment, beef up, better, build, build up, cultivate, decorate, develop, endow, enhance, figure in, flesh out, grace, hike up, hop up, jack up, jazz up, make rich, ornament, pad, parlay, pour it on, pyramid, refine, run up, soup up, spike*, step up, supplement, sweeten, up*, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
decrease, deplete, impoverish, reduce, take |
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go into detail |
Synonyms: |
amplify, beef up, build up, develop, dilate, discourse, drag out, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, expatiate, expound, extend, flesh out, spell out, sweeten |
Antonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, shorten |
| Main Entry: | growth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, aggrandizement, augmentation, beefing up, boost, buildup, crop, cultivation, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, expansion, extension, fleshing out, flowering, gain, germination, heightening, hike, improvement, increase, maturation, maturing, multiplication, produce, production, proliferation, prosperity, rise, sprouting, stretching, success, surge, swell, thickening, unfolding, up, upping, vegetation, waxing, widening |
Antonyms: |
abatement, decrease, diminishment, failure, lessening, reduction, stagnation, underdevelopment |