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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1. Prabhu Ram:

   Flipkart and Amazon are neck-to-neck in the e-commerce wars, in terms of their product offerings, their initiatives to bolster affordability and increase consumer confidence, and most importantly, their last-mile delivery initiatives.

2. Fingerprint Cards:

   FPC has seen a strong sequential increase of order inflow and a continued increased interest from smartphone manufacturers in integrating the company's touch fingerprint sensors during the last months.

3. Jon Clay:

   Cryptocurrency mining as a threat has been growing rapidly, and the threat actors have been looking at ways to increase their victim size so they can increase the number of devices performing the mining function, the more systems, the faster the mining operation, and hence the faster money can be made. This is one of many ways cybercriminals are looking to support their efforts.

4. State John Kerry:

   I spoke to Foreign Minister Lavrov again today, we both believe that we have an understanding of the direction we are going in and what needs to be achieved and our teams will meet shortly and we are going to continue to do that in order to bolster the cessation of hostilities and in order to increase our capacity to fight back against al Qaeda, which is Nusra, as well as fight back against ISIL.

5. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman:

   We as producers all wish for a good room to increase production... With Russia we (Saudi Arabia) are committed to a huge joint cooperation program (besides oil).