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add (to)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of add (to)

to make greater in size, amount, or number

the need to be back home before 5:00 p.m. adds to the difficulty of arranging the trip

Synonyms of add (to)

accelerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up

Words Related to add (to)

boom, jump, skyrocket, spike

bump (up), ratchet (up) also rachet (up)

blow up, dilate, distend, inflate

draw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch

develop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify

complement, supplement

beef (up), reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen

accumulate, amass, collect

follow up, parlay

Near Antonyms of add (to)

abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten

compress, condense, constrict, contract

cut back, retrench

Antonyms of add (to)

abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from)

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