increase

increase
v
1. enlarge, make larger, make greater, Chiefly Literary. greaten, aggrandize; magnify, amplify, enhance, deepen, heighten; widen, thicken, broaden; lengthen, prolong, protract; expand, extend, spread out, stretch out, branch out; inflate, distend, puff out, dilate; wax, swell.
2. augment, supplement, add to, superadd to; accrue, accumulate, cumulate, amass, pile up, heap up.
3. elevate, raise, boost, exalt; rise, ascend, mount, skyrocket; burgeon, shoot up, flourish.
4. escalate, step up, give a boost to, U.S. Sl. soup up, Sl. hop up, Sl. jazz up; accelerate, snowball, mushroom; intensify, concentrate; exaggerate, maximize, make much of, make the most of, overstate; exacerbate, aggravate.
5. strengthen, reinforce, build up; improve, advance, further; grow, develop, mature.
6. propagate, reproduce, produce, breed; procreate, beget, engender, generate, bring into being; fructify, be fruitful, be prolific, proliferate; germinate, sprout, pullulate.
n
7. enlargement, aggrandizement, expansion, extension; magnification, amplification, enhancement, deepening, heightening; widening, thickening, broadening; spreading out, stretching out, branching out; lengthening, prolongation, protraction; inflation, distension, dilatation, dilation; waxing, swelling.
8. augmentation, supplement; addition, increment, accession, access; accrual, accruement, accumulation, cumulation, amassing, piling up, heaping up.
9. elevation, raise, boost, rise; mounting, ascending, skyrocketing; upsurge, upswing, shooting up, upturn, step-up; burgeoning, flourishing.
10. escalation, acceleration, intensification, concentration; exaggeration, maximization, overstatement; exacerbation, aggravation.
11. strengthening, reinforcement, build-up; improvement, advancement, upgrading, Inf. pickup; growth, development, maturation.
12. profit, gain, Sl. velvet, rake-off, Sl. clean-up, bonus, prize, booty, advantage, graft; product, result, harvest, return, yield, produce.
13. propagation, reproduction, breeding; procreation, begetting, engendering, generation.

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