Synonyms of adding (to)

adding (to)

verb

present participle of add (to)

as in increasing

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 & Similar Words

• increasing
• accelerating
• expanding
• augmenting
• boosting
• pumping up
• building up
• raising
• multiplying
• extending
• enhancing
• swelling
• drawing out
• reinforcing
• escalating
• stoking
• maximizing
• compounding
• amplifying
• hyping
• enlarging
• strengthening
• intensifying
• aggrandizing
• blowing up
• upping
• racheting (up)
• supersizing
• bumping (up)
• following up
• ratcheting (up)
• supplementing
• fleshing (out)
• jumping
• developing
• booming
• skyrocketing
• spiking
• lengthening
• prolonging
• inflating
• stretching
• heightening
• beefing (up)
• complementing
• dilating
• protracting
• distending
• elongating
• accumulating
• magnifying
• collecting
• amassing
• reenforcing
• parlaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subtracting (from)
• reducing
• decreasing
• diminishing
• downsizing
• lowering
• dwindling
• lessening
• shortening
• curtailing
• abating
• abridging
• minifying
• abbreviating
• contracting
• condensing
• compressing
• de-escalating
• constricting
• cutting back
• retrenching

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• subtracting (from)
• reducing
• decreasing
• diminishing
• downsizing
• lowering
• dwindling
• lessening
• shortening
• curtailing
• abating
• abridging
• minifying
• abbreviating
• contracting
• condensing
• compressing
• de-escalating
• constricting
• cutting back
• retrenching

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