Thesaurus:increase

Thesaurus:increase

THESAURUS

increase

English

Synonyms

• augment    [WS]

• grow

• increase

• propagate

• rise

Hyponyms

• accelerate

• accrue

• accumulate    [WS]

• aggrandize

• aggravate    [WS]

• amplify

• ascend

• brighten

• broaden

• burgeon

• climb

• compound

• deepen

• dilate

• elevate

• embiggen

• enhance

• enlarge

• escalate

• exacerbate

• exasperate

• expand

• extend

• go up

• heighten

• improve    [WS]

• inflate

• intensify

• lengthen    [WS]

• magnify

• quicken

• shoot up

• skyrocket

• soar

• strengthen    [WS]

• surge

• swell

• wax

• widen    [WS]

Antonyms

• decrease    [WS]

• lessen

• reduce

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.