increase

Meanings

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

• 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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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