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increasing

verb , present participle of increase

Synonyms and Antonyms of increasing

1 to make greater in size, amount, or number

we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive

Synonyms of increasing

accelerating, adding (to), aggrandizing, amplifying, augmenting, boosting, building up, compounding, enlarging, escalating, expanding, extending, hyping, multiplying, pumping up, raising, stoking, supersizing, swelling, upping

Words Related to increasing

booming, jumping, skyrocketing, spiking

bumping (up), ratcheting (up) also racheting (up)

blowing up, dilating, distending, inflating

drawing out, elongating, fleshing (out), lengthening, prolonging, protracting, stretching

developing, enhancing, heightening, intensifying, magnifying

complementing, supplementing

beefing (up), reinforcing (also reenforcing), strengthening

maximizing

accumulating, amassing, collecting

following up, parlaying

Near Antonyms of increasing

abbreviating, abridging, curtailing, shortening

compressing, condensing, constricting, contracting

cutting back, retrenching

Antonyms of increasing

abating, decreasing, de-escalating, diminishing, downsizing, dwindling, lessening, lowering, minifying, reducing, subtracting (from)

2 to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s

Synonyms of increasing

accelerating, accumulating, appreciating, ballooning, booming, building up, burgeoning (also bourgeoning), climbing, enlarging, escalating, expanding, gaining, mounting, multiplying, mushrooming, proliferating, rising, rolling up, snowballing, spreading, swelling, waxing

Words Related to increasing

jumping, rocketing, skyrocketing, surging

heightening, intensifying, redoubling

blowing up, bulking, distending, inflating, puffing (up)

crescendoing, cresting, peaking

Antonyms of increasing

contracting, decreasing, diminishing, dwindling, lessening, receding, waning

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