Thesaurus:increase

Thesaurus

increase

English

Verb

Sense: to grow in magnitude, quantity or extent; to become larger

Synonyms

• augment    [⇒ thesaurus]
• grow
• increase
• propagate
• rise
• wind up

Hyponyms

• accelerate
• accrue
• accumulate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• aggrandize
• aggravate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• amplify
• ascend
• brighten
• broaden
• burgeon
• climb
• compound
• crescendo    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deepen
• dilate
• elevate
• embiggen
• enhance
• enlarge
• escalate
• exacerbate
• exasperate
• expand
• extend
• go up
• heighten
• improve    [⇒ thesaurus]
• inflate
• intensify
• lengthen    [⇒ thesaurus]
• magnify
• maximize
• max out
• quicken
• shoot up
• skyrocket
• soar
• strengthen    [⇒ thesaurus]
• surge
• swell
• wax
• widen    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• decrease    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dial back
• reduce
• minimize
• lessen

See also

• Thesaurus:augment (transitive, to make larger)

Further reading

• “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.