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From the verb increase: (⇒ conjugate)
increasing is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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increasing
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Sense: Adjective: becoming larger
Synonyms:
growing Collocations, rising Collocations, multiplying, on the rise, on the increase, expanding, enlarging, waxing, proliferating, augmenting, accumulating
Sense: Adjective: becoming more intense
Synonyms:
intensifying, accelerating, escalating, rising Collocations, growing Collocations, developing Collocations, deepening, heightening


increase
WordReference English Thesaurus © 2026
Sense: Noun: process of increasing
Synonyms:
increasing Collocations, growth Collocations, rise Collocations, enlargement, expansion Collocations, escalation Collocations, swelling Collocations, addition Collocations, heightening, extension Collocations, burgeoning, augmentation, intensification, inflation, deepening, pushing up
Antonyms:
decrease Collocations, fall Collocations, drop Collocations, downturn Collocations, dip Collocations, decline Collocations, shortening, lowering, dive Collocations, ebb Collocations, ebbing, contraction, let up, easing off, abatement, plunge Collocations, recession Collocations
Sense: Noun: instance of increase
Synonyms:
rise Collocations, raise Collocations, gain Collocations, addition Collocations, accretion, enhancement Collocations, hike Collocations, jump Collocations, boost, accrual Collocations, expansion Collocations, increment, uptick, leap Collocations
Antonyms:
decrease Collocations, reduction Collocations, cutback, curtailment, compression, contraction, depletion Collocations, subtraction, discount Collocations, worsening
Sense: Verb: add to
Synonyms:
add to, extend Collocations, expand Collocations, enlarge Collocations, escalate Collocations, raise Collocations, augment, up Collocations (slang), step up, ramp up, magnify, amplify, intensify, swell Collocations, compound Collocations, boost, build up, pump up
Antonyms:
decrease Collocations, subtract, lower Collocations, make smaller, lessen, check Collocations, quell, minimize, downsize, shorten, compress, contract Collocations, trim Collocations, cut down, cut back
Sense: Verb: grow
Synonyms:
grow Collocations, expand Collocations, enlarge Collocations, go up, rise Collocations, climb Collocations, mount Collocations, gain Collocations, swell Collocations, wax Collocations, appreciate Collocations, accelerate, escalate Collocations, boom Collocations, blow up (informal), balloon Collocations, snowball, mushroom Collocations, get bigger, get larger, grow larger, grow bigger, spread Collocations
Antonyms:
shrink Collocations, dwindle Collocations, fall Collocations, drop Collocations, go down, dip Collocations, plummet Collocations, diminish Collocations, take a nosedive, decline Collocations, abate , wane Collocations, ease off, die down, ebb Collocations, subside Collocations, recede, fall off, depreciate

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