Thesaurus:increase
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]Sense: to grow in magnitude, quantity or extent; to become larger
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- accelerate
- accrue
- accumulate [⇒ thesaurus]
- aggrandize
- aggravate [⇒ thesaurus]
- amplify
- ascend
- brighten
- broaden
- burgeon
- climb
- compound
- deepen
- dilate
- elevate
- embiggen
- enhance
- enlarge
- escalate
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- expand
- extend
- go up
- heighten
- improve [⇒ thesaurus]
- inflate
- intensify
- lengthen [⇒ thesaurus]
- magnify
- quicken
- shoot up
- skyrocket
- soar
- strengthen [⇒ thesaurus]
- surge
- swell
- wax
- widen [⇒ thesaurus]
Antonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Thesaurus:augment (transitive, to make larger)
Further reading
[edit]- “35. increase” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “194. expansion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “increase” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.