Synonyms of augmenting

augmenting

verb

present participle of augment

as in increasing

to make greater in size, amount, or number

our volleyball team was augmented by some of the exchange team's players

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of augmenting

Bathed in the shifting light from the screen, the orchestra’s movements and playing functioned like a second drama unfolding onstage, augmenting and mirroring the original film. — Caitlin White, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

For the past few years, though, the merchandising team has been augmenting those brands with more products that match today’s youth consumer. — Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Dana Williams, American High School The highest-performing students are augmenting their brainpower with AI. — Dana Williams, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

North Korea has also become an industrious manufacturer of war drones, augmenting Moscow’s capacity to produce the unmanned aerial vehicles that have defined the conflict. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials say Russia is augmenting its arsenal with North Korean ballistic missiles, further raising the threat. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

The iROSA wings sit forward of the legacy solar arrays, augmenting their electricity generation rather than replacing it. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The effort focuses on augmenting the existing workforce instead of replacing skilled trades. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

The Heat, at the moment, will be augmenting Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo in their opening lineup with Andrew Wiggins and Davion Mitchell, as well as whatever their remaining cash under their hard cap can fetch. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026