| Main Entry: | multiplication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplication |
Synonyms: |
addition, amplification, augmentation, augmenting, compounding, increase, manifolding, procreation, recurrence, reduplication, reduplification, repeating, repetition, reproducing, reproduction |
Antonyms: |
decrease, reduction, subtraction |
| 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: | arithmetic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mathematics |
Synonyms: |
addition, calculation, computation, division, estimation, figuring, multiplication, reckoning, subtraction |
| 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: | expansion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growth |
Synonyms: |
amplification, augmentation, breadth, development, diffusion, dilation, distance, distension, enlargement, evolution, expanse, extension, increase, inflation, magnification, maturation, multiplication, opening out, space, spread, stretch, swelling, unfolding, unfurling |
Antonyms: |
lessening, shrinkage, stagnation |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
Synonyms: |
access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, intensification, maximization, merger, multiplication, optimization, raise, rise, spread, step-up, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, waxing |
Antonyms: |
decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | mathematics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arithmetic |
Synonyms: |
addition, algebra, calculation, calculus, division, figures, geometry, math, multiplication, numbers, subtraction, trigonometry |
| Main Entry: | reproduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something duplicated; duplication |
Synonyms: |
Photostat, X-ray, Xerox, breeding, carbon copy, carbon, chip off old block, clone, copy, ditto*, dupe*, facsimile, fake, flimsy, generation, imitation, increase, look-alike, mimeo, mimeograph, mirror image, multiplication, offprint, photocopy, photograph, pic, picture, portrayal, print, procreation, proliferation, propagation, recreation, reduplication, reenactment, renewal, replica, replication, reprinting, repro, revival, stat, transcription, twin |
Antonyms: |
original |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase, improvement |
Synonyms: |
acceleration, accession, accretion, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ascent, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, climb, distention, doubling, enlargement, growth, heightening, hike, increment, inflation, intensification, intensifying, multiplication, piling up, progress, promotion, raise, stacking up, step-up, surge, swell, upgrade, upsurge, upswing, upturn, waxing |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, drop, fall, slump, worsening |