increase
verb
• become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.
• "car use is increasing at an alarming rate"
Similar:
grow,
get bigger,
get larger,
become greater,
enlarge,
expand,
swell,
rise,
climb,
escalate,
soar,
surge,
rocket,
shoot up,
spiral,
improve,
intensify,
strengthen,
heighten,
lengthen,
extend,
stretch,
spread,
widen,
multiply,
snowball,
mushroom,
proliferate,
balloon,
build up,
mount up,
pile up,
accrue,
accumulate,
wax,
add to,
make larger,
make bigger,
make greater,
augment,
supplement,
raise,
elevate,
inflate,
magnify,
amplify,
make better,
boost,
ameliorate,
enhance,
enrich,
upgrade,
worsen,
make worse,
exacerbate,
aggravate,
inflame,
compound,
reinforce,
top up,
up,
jack up,
hike up,
hike,
bump up,
crank up,
step up,
increase
noun
• a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.
• "an increase of 28.3 per cent"
Similar:
growth,
rise,
enlargement,
expansion,
extension,
multiplication,
elevation,
swelling,
inflation,
increment,
addition,
augmentation,
magnification,
intensification,
strengthening,
amplification,
stepping up,
step up,
heightening,
climb,
escalation,
surge,
upsurge,
upswing,
spiral,
improvement,
boost,
amelioration,
enhancement,
upgrade,
upturn,
worsening,
exacerbation,
aggravation,
development,
advance,
boom,
spurt,
snowballing,
mushrooming,
hike,
Origin:
Middle English (formerly also as encrease ): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’.
