increase




become bigger or greater in amount

"The amount of work increased"

Antonym:
  • decrease; diminish; lessen; fall

Type of:
  • change magnitude

Types:
  • accrue
  • spike
  • add to
  • gain; gather
  • explode; irrupt
  • pyramid
  • snowball
  • accumulate; cumulate; conglomerate; pile up; gather; amass
  • add
  • intensify; deepen
  • intensify; compound; heighten; deepen
  • grow
  • pullulate
  • widen
  • appreciate; apprize; apprise; revalue
  • broaden
  • shoot up
  • wax; mount; climb; rise
  • wax; full
  • crescendo
  • swell


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