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| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, merger, multiplication, raise, rise, spread, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, aggrandizement, burgeoning, cumulation, intensification, maximization, optimization, step-up, waxing |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |
| 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, mount, multiply, pad*, progress, proliferate, prolong, protract, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, sharpen, spread, step up, strengthen, supplement, swarm, swell, teem, thicken, triple, wax, widen, mark up, pullulate, slap on, snowball, tack on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deplete, diminish, lose, subtract |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate (expand) [more]; grow, wax, get ahead; gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend [more]; sprout [more]., aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd (add) [more]; spread (disperse) [more].
-adjectives
increased; on the increase, undiminished; additional (added) [more].
-adverbs
crescendo.
-phrases
vires acquirit eundo [Vergil].
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| Antonyms: | decrease |
| Main Entry: | accretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gradual growth, addition |
| Synonyms: | accession, accumulation, augmentation, increase, increment, raise, rise, build-up |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deduction, shrinkage |
| Main Entry: | accrual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growth |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, buildup, increase, amassing, amassment |
| Main Entry: | accrue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase by addition or growth, often financial |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, build up, collect, enlarge, flow, gather, grow, increase |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, cache, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, hoard, incorporate, increase, lump*, mass, pile*, procure, profit, rack up*, round up*, stockpile, store, swell, unite, bring together, clean up*, cumulate, draw together, heap together, load up, make a bundle, make a killing, pile up*, roll up*, scare up, stack up, store up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accumulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering or amassing |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggregation, augmentation, chunk, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, growth, heap, hunk, increase, inflation, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, up, aggrandizement, amassment, build-up, collecting, gob, hoarding, intensification, trove, upping |
| Antonyms: | dispersion, dissipation, scattering, dispersal |
| Main Entry: | aggrandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause something to seem or be greater, bigger |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up*, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise, hike up, jack up |
| Antonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annexation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adding, joining |
| Synonyms: | addition, appropriation, attachment, grab, incorporation, increase, increment, merger, annexing, takeover |
| Antonyms: | detachment, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, piggyback, tag on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | branch off/branch out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend beyond main part |
| Synonyms: | add to, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, separate, ramify, spread out |
| Antonyms: | lessen, shrink |
| Main Entry: | breakthrough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, progress |
| Synonyms: | boost, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap*, rise, step forward |
| Antonyms: | step back, step backward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, supplement |
| Synonyms: | augment, develop, enlarge, expand, fatten, grow, increase, spread, stretch, swell, widen, breadthen, open up, ream |
| Antonyms: | decrease, narrow, restrict |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | build up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amplify, advertise |
| Synonyms: | add to, boost, develop, enhance, expand, extend, fortify, heighten, hype, improve, increase, intensify, plug*, promote, publicize, puff*, reinforce, spotlight, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | lessen, let down, play down, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | continuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition; maintenance |
| Synonyms: | continuance, continuing, continuity, duration, endurance, enduring, extension, furtherance, increase, increasing, line, postscript, preservation, producing, production, propagation, sequel, succession, supplement, sustenance, tenacity, assiduity, augmenting, going on, maintaining, perpetuating, perpetuation, persisting, preserving, prolongation, prolonging, protracting, protraction, sustaining |
| Antonyms: | cessation, end, finish, halt, stop, termination |
| Main Entry: | contribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, offering |
| Synonyms: | a hand, addition, alms, augmentation, benefaction, beneficence, bestowal, charity, do one's part, donation, gifting, grant, handout, helping hand, improvement, increase, input, present, significant addition, subscription, supplement, write-off |
| Main Entry: | dilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, widen |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, broaden, develop, distend, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, increase, inflate, lengthen, prolong, protract, swell, be profuse, be prolix, puff out, spin off |
| Antonyms: | compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce |
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