All shrinkage antonyms

noun shrinkage

• distension — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
• distention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
• chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
• enlargement — The action or state of enlarging or being enlarged.
• intensification — to make intense or more intense.
• chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
• gain — to make a gain or gains in.
• accession — Accession is the act of taking up a position as the ruler of a country.
• increment — something added or gained; addition; increase.
• maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
• amplification — the act or result of amplifying
• accrument — Alternative form of accruement.
• good time — time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.
• inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
• high on the hog — in a luxurious or costly way
• move up — to pass from one place or position to another.
• accretion — An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
• wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
• hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• evolution — The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
• accumulation — An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
• overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
• ell — A former measure of length (equivalent to six hand breadths) used mainly for textiles, locally variable but typically about 45 inches.
• development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
• dos — any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
• leg up — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
• ontogenesis — the development or developmental history of an individual organism.
• ontogeny — the development or developmental history of an individual organism.
• excrescence — A distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality.
• optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
• wellbeing — a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people.
• expansion — The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
• dilatation — a dilated formation or part.
• expatiation — An act of expatiating.
• exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
• augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
• build-up — the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
• adulthood — Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
• addition — An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
• buildup — praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well-known, etc.
• maturation — the act or process of maturating.
• overestimation — An excessive estimation.
• clover — Clover is a small plant with pink or white ball-shaped flowers.