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

The greatest value of AI lies not in replacing people but in augmenting their capabilities. — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

The real value of AI lies in augmenting the capacity of intellectually curious people with specialized training, sound judgment, and genuine human empathy. — Wayne Berson, Fortune, 30 June 2026

With Ethan Hawke's newbie simmering against the go-for-broke finesse of Denzel Washington's very bad, no-good officer, Training Day revels in tension, with washes of blue and green augmenting scenes where Hawke is bullied into getting high. — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026

Ultimately humans make the final decisions on the grading, but AI plays a critical role augmenting those capabilities. — David Moin, Footwear News, 28 May 2026

Other instances often involve augmenting the reporting with additional sources, context, opinion, and facts, among other elements. — Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

The biggest question mark on defense Morgan sought to improve the trenches this offseason by augmenting both the offensive and defensive lines. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 21 May 2026

While Univision will continue to feature the highly dramatic telenovelas for which it is best known, the network is augmenting its schedule in areas that are certain to draw broader crowds, including sports. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 May 2026

Semafor’s journalists helped fill in the gaps by augmenting the readout with reporting that wasn’t captured in the transcript. — Gina Chua, semafor.com, 6 May 2026