All increase synonyms
inΒ·crease
I i verb increase
- deepen β If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense.
- intensify β to make intense or more intense.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- widen β Make or become wider.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- broaden β When something broadens, it becomes wider.
- step up β effecting an increase.
- reinforce β to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- triple β threefold; consisting of three parts: a triple knot.
- build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- further β at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- heighten β to increase the height of; make higher.
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- multiply β to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
- thicken β make thicker
- lengthen β to make longer; make greater in length.
- supplement β something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- redouble β to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
- protract β to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- distend β Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
- aggravate β If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- dilate β to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- prolong β to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- swarm β a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
- pad β Packet Assembler/Disassembler
- wax β a fit of anger; rage.
- progress β a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- inflate β deflate
- proliferate β spread
- teem β to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile (usually followed by with).
- magnify β to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- annex β If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
- pullulate β to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- snowball β a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- sharpen β knife: make sharper
noun increase
- development β Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- merger β a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
- hike β to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- upsurge β to surge up; increase; rise: Water upsurged. Crime upsurged.
- surge β a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- upturn β to turn up or over: The farmer upturned clumps of sod with his spade.
- inflation β 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).
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- increment β something added or gained; addition; increase.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.