Another word for increase

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1. increasenoun

   to become larger.

   Synonyms:
   rise, increment, gain, raise, soar, go up, up, shoot up, grow

   Antonyms:
   decrement, plunge, cut, lower, fall, go down, reduce, drop, decrease, sink, plummet, shrink, reduction, shrinkage, loss, lowering

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. increase

   To add is to increase by adjoining or uniting: in distinction from multiply, which is to increase by repeating. To augment a thing is to increase it by any means, but this word is seldom used directly of material objects; we do not augment a house, a farm, a nation, etc. We may enlarge a house, a farm, or an empire, extend influence or dominion, augment riches, power or influence, attach or annex a building to one that it adjoins or papers to the document they refer to, annex a clause or a codicil, affix a seal or a signature, annex a territory, attach a condition to a promise. A speaker may amplify a discourse by a fuller treatment throughout than was originally planned, or he may append or subjoin certain remarks without change of what has gone before. We cast up or sum up an account, though add up and make up are now more usual expressions.

   Synonyms:
   add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, cast up, enlarge, extend, join on, make up, subjoin, sum up

   Antonyms:
   abstract, deduct, diminish, dissever, lessen, reduce, remove, subtract, withdraw

   Preposition:
   Other items are to be added to the account.

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. addition, increase, gainnoun

   a quantity that is added

   «there was an addition to property taxes this year»; «they recorded the cattle’s gain in weight over a period of weeks»

   Synonyms:
   add-on, profit, improver, summation, amplification, growth, increment, addition, accession, step-up, plus, gain

   Antonyms:
   lessening, diminution, decrement, drop-off, reduction, decrease, step-down, diminish, lessen, fall, minify

2. increasenoun

   a change resulting in an increase

   «the increase is scheduled for next month»

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

   Antonyms:
   decrease, decrement, reduction, step-down, lessening, diminution, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

3. increase, increment, growthnoun

   a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

   «the increase in unemployment»; «the growth of population»

   Synonyms:
   ontogenesis, gain, growth, emergence, growing, addition, ontogeny, development, maturation, increment, outgrowth, step-up

   Antonyms:
   drop-off, decrease, reduction, decrement, step-down, lessening, diminution, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

4. increase, incrementnoun

   the amount by which something increases

   «they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare»

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

   Antonyms:
   decrease, decrement, reduction, diminution, step-down, drop-off, lessening, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

5. increase, step-upverb

   the act of increasing something

   «he gave me an increase in salary»

   Synonyms:
   addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth

   Antonyms:
   lessening, decrease, step-down, decrement, diminution, reduction, drop-off, fall, minify, lessen, diminish

6. increaseverb

   become bigger or greater in amount

   «The amount of work increased»

   Antonyms:
   decrement, diminution, step-down, decrease, reduction, lessening, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

7. increaseverb

   make bigger or more

   «The boss finally increased her salary»; «The university increased the number of students it admitted»

   Antonyms:
   step-down, drop-off, decrement, decrease, diminution, lessening, reduction, minify, lessen, fall, diminish

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1. • Change
   • Change Magnitude
   • Process

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   grow, augment, be augmented, become greater or larger

2. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   multiply, be fruitful

3. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   augment, enlarge, make greater, make larger

4. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   enhance, raise, advance, heighten, add to

5. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   extend, prolong

6. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, intensify

7. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   augmentation, enlargement, extension, expansion, growth, addition, accession, increment

8. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   product, produce, gain, profit

9. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   offspring, issue, progeny, descendants

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   augmentation, accretion, increment, accession, amplification, addition, accrument

2. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   augment, advance, enlarge, multiply, be prolific, wax, aggravate, enhance, extend, augment, intensify, exacerbate, amplify, magnify, heighten, accelerate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for «increase»:

   rise, increasing, increased, enhance, growth, raise, increases, improve, grow, strengthen, increment, expand, augment, enhancing, boost, raising, surge, intensify, augmentation, growing, expansion, strengthening, rising, enhancement, improving, greater, upsurge, heighten, reinforce, enhanced, progression, broaden, improvement, escalation, ‘augmentation, extend, hike, further, more, expanding, redouble, intensification, higher, additional, augmenting, mark-up, build, widen, add, enlarge, rises, multiply

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How to use increase in a sentence?

1. David Fyfe:

   If you do get any incremental production increase from OPEC — read Iran — you’re going to sustain stock builds.

2. Kiki Freedman:

   It’s estimated that there will be a 3000 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in California, and nearly an 8700 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in Illinois when Roe is overturned, in a post-Roe world, abortion care via mail will likely become the most viable form of access for most of the country.

3. Bonnier AB:

   The strategy of Bonnier Business Press includes a significant increase of investments in technology and digital media.

4. The Rev. Zachary Holmes:

   No matter what party affiliation you have, we should want to increase participation in the voting process. And that was something that Sunday voting had done.

5. Bill Bishop:

   We’re seeing a dramatic increase in the use of online grocery shopping, amazon eventually wants to be one of the very dominant distributors of grocery in the United States, and I think they’re looking at this as a period when they’ve got a chance to ramp that up by actions like this.

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