Entry Word: increase

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 something added (as by growth) <shortly after he turned 12, he had a sudden height increase>

Synonyms accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increment, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, supplement

Related Words accumulation; complement; appendix, continuation, extension, uptrend, upturn; jump

Near Antonyms deduction

Antonyms abatement, decrease, diminishment, lessening, lowering, reduction

2 the act or process of becoming greater in number <the increase in the number of students enrolled at the school was very gradual> — see multiplication