| means | (verb) make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
increase |
| means | (verb) enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
augment |
| means | (verb) increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
escalate, step up, intensify |
| means | (verb) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
grow |
| means | (verb) raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
raise |
| means | (verb) give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost the economy"
boost |
| means | (verb) exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
inflate, blow up, amplify, expand |
| means | (verb) make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
add |
| means | (verb) increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
supercharge, advance, boost |
| means | (verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
heighten |
| means | (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
heighten, compound, intensify, deepen |
| means | (verb) become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
increase |
| means | (verb) make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
enlarge |
| means | (verb) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
extend, stretch |
| means | (verb) extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"
broaden, extend, widen |
| means | (verb) make large; "blow up an image"
blow up, magnify, enlarge |
| means | (verb) become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
heighten, rise |
| means | (verb) become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
deepen, intensify |
| means | (verb) grow by addition; "The interest accrues"
accrue |
| means | (verb) grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"
augment |
| means | (verb) go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
mount, rise, climb, wax |
| means | (verb) gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!"
apprise, apprize, appreciate, revalue |
| means | (verb) increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
rise, climb, go up |
| means | (verb) make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate |
| means | (verb) increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"
full, wax |
| means | (verb) increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
swell |
| means | (verb) make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
intensify |
| means | (verb) expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
extend, expand |
| means | (verb) increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
magnify, amplify |
| means | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, amplify, overdraw, magnify |
| means | (verb) make straight
straighten, straighten out |
| means | (verb) become larger or bigger
enlarge |
| means | (verb) raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
lift, raise, elevate |
| means | (verb) grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"
expand, flourish, thrive, boom |
| means | (verb) expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
tumefy, tumesce, intumesce, swell, swell up |
| means | (verb) increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"
boost, hike, hike up |
| means | (verb) make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"
enhance |
| means | (verb) increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
amplify |