Synonyms for increase
ɪnˈkris; ˈɪn krisin·crease

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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

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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.

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1. increaseverb

   Synonyms:
   advance, heighten, dilutenhance, aggregate, pile up, raise, magnify, spread

2. increasenoun

   Synonyms:
   acception, growth, extension

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Magnitude
   • Process

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1. make bigger

   Submitted by anonymous on December 18, 2019  

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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

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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

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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. Xu Zhibin:

   It all depends on the trade volume between East and West, not the capacity of the canal, volume will rise if the European economy begins to boom ... As of now I don't think that there will be an increase in volume.

2. Rodrigo Catril:

   U.S.-led trade uncertainty along with increasing concerns over the extent of the current global growth slowdown has seen an increase in demand for core global bonds, against a backdrop of uncertainty and despite a Fed that is comfortably on hold, the dollar continues to win the least ugly contest.

3. Ileana Arias:

   Health care professionals have a powerful role to play in reducing teen pregnancy. They can encourage teens not to have sex, and discuss the use of IUDs and implants as contraceptive options available to teens who choose to be sexually active, we need to remove barriers and increase awareness, access and availability.

4. Socrates:

   The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.

5. David J. Schwartz:

   To fight fear, act. To increase fear -- wait, put off postpone.