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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'increase'

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1. (noun) addition, increase, gain
a quantity that is added
Synonyms: add-on, profit, improver, summation, amplification, increase, growth, increment, addition, accession, step-up, plus, gain
Antonyms: lessening, diminution, decrement, drop-off, reduction, decrease, step-down, diminish, lessen, fall, minify

2. (noun) increase
a change resulting in an increase
Synonyms: addition, increment, gain, step-up, growth
Antonyms: decrease, decrement, reduction, step-down, lessening, diminution, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

3. (noun) increase, increment, growth
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
Synonyms: increase, 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. (noun) increase, increment
the amount by which something increases
Synonyms: addition, increment, increase, gain, step-up, growth
Antonyms: decrease, decrement, reduction, diminution, step-down, drop-off, lessening, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

5. (verb) increase, step-up
the act of increasing something
Synonyms: addition, increment, increase, gain, step-up, growth
Antonyms: lessening, decrease, step-down, decrement, diminution, reduction, drop-off, fall, minify, lessen, diminish

6. (verb) increase
become bigger or greater in amount
Antonyms: decrement, diminution, step-down, decrease, reduction, lessening, drop-off, lessen, fall, minify, diminish

7. (verb) increase
make bigger or more
Antonyms: step-down, drop-off, decrement, decrease, diminution, lessening, reduction, minify, lessen, fall, diminish

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'increase'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

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 seldo
Synonyms: add, adjoin, annex, augment, extend, make up, affix, append, cast up, increase, subjoin, amplify, attach, enlarge, join on, sum up
Antonyms: abstract, diminish, lessen, remove, withdraw, deduct, dissever, reduce, subtract

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