increase

Plural: increases

Noun

• a quantity that is added
• a change resulting in an increase
  • "the increase is scheduled for next month"
• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  • "the increase in unemployment"
• the amount by which something increases
  • "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
• the act of increasing something
  • "he gave me an increase in salary"
• An amount by which a quantity is increased.
• For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
• Offspring, progeny
• The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

Verb

Verb Forms: increased, increasing, increases

• To make or become greater in size, amount, or degree.
• become bigger or greater in amount
  • "The amount of work increased"
• make bigger or more
  • "The boss finally increased her salary"
  • "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
• (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
• To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
• To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
• To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

Examples

• His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
• His score would increase exponentially after every triple word play in Words With Friends.
• The Moon increases.

Synonyms

addition, gain, growth, increment, step-up, acquisition, augment, enlargement, expansion, go up, greaten, grow, increase, proliferate, propagate, raise, rise, shoot up, soar, teem, up, uptick, wax, wind up

Antonyms

decrease, decrement, cut, decline, dial back, diminishment, drop, fall, go down, lessen, loss, lower, lowering, minimize, plummet, plunge, reduce, reduction, shrink, shrinkage, sink, wane

Anagrams of increase