Entry Word: multiplication

Function: noun

Meaning: the act or process of becoming greater in number <there's been a steady multiplication in our attic of old video equipment since the revolution in consumer electronics>

Synonyms accumulating, accumulation, addition, increase, proliferation

Related Words doubling, quadrupling, tripling; growth, rise, spread; enlargement, escalation, expansion; amplification, distention, inflation; accretion, accrual, augmentation; extension, lengthening

Near Antonyms compressing, compression, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, diminishing, diminishment, lessening, lowering, shrinking; retrenching, retrenchment, shortening

Antonyms decrease