Thesaurus:increase
English
Verb
Sense: to grow in magnitude, quantity or extent; to become larger
Synonyms
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
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.