Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
increase (verb)intransitive verb
1.
to become progressively greater (as in size, amount, number, or intensity)
2.
transitive verb
to multiply by the production of young
1.
to make greater - augment
2.
obsolete - enrich
1.
the act or process of as - increasing
a) addition or enlargement in size, extent, or quantity
b) obsolete - propagation
2.
something that is added to an original stock or amount by augmentation or growth (as offspring, produce, profit)
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
increase (noun)1.
something added (as by growth)
SYNONIMS:
accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increment, more, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, step-up, supplement, uptickRELATED WORDS:
accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering; complement; accession, appendix, continuation, extension, uptrend, upturn; jump, run-up, spikeNEAR ANTONYMS:
deduction, subtraction2.
the act or process of becoming greater in number
SYNONIMS:
accumulating, accumulation, addition, increase, mushrooming, proliferationRELATED WORDS:
doubling, quadrupling, tripling; creep, growth, rise, spread; enlargement, escalation, expansion; amplification, distension ( distention), inflation; accretion, accrual, augmentation, cumulation; extension, lengthening; boost, gain, hike, increment, riseNEAR ANTONYMS:
abatement, compressing, compression, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, diminishing, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, lessening, lowering, reduction, shrinkage, shrinking; retrenching, retrenchment, shortening1.
to make greater in size, amount, or number
SYNONIMS:
accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, stoke, supersize, upRELATED WORDS:
boom, jump, skyrocket, spike; bump (up), ratchet (up) rachet (up); blow up, dilate, distend, inflate; draw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch; develop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify; complement, supplement; beef (up), reinforce ( reenforce), strengthen; maximize; accumulate, amass, collect; follow up, parlayNEAR ANTONYMS:
abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten; compress, condense, constrict, contract; cut back, retrench2.
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
SYNONIMS:
accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon ( bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, waxRELATED WORDS:
jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge; heighten, intensify, redouble; blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up); crescendo, crest, peak