Synonyms of increasing

increasing

verb

present participle of increase

1

as in expanding

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 & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in rising

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

the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rising
• expanding
• accelerating
• swelling
• multiplying
• intensifying
• climbing
• accumulating
• spreading
• waxing
• escalating
• gaining
• enlarging
• proliferating
• mounting
• ballooning
• surging
• mushrooming
• snowballing
• burgeoning
• booming
• heightening
• jumping
• appreciating
• rolling up
• skyrocketing
• building up
• redoubling
• rocketing
• peaking
• inflating
• distending
• puffing (up)
• bulking
• cresting
• blowing up
• crescendoing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• lessening
• waning
• receding
• dwindling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of increasing

Instead, pick three to five movements that match your fitness level and focus on performing each with good form before increasing the difficulty. — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 29 July 2026

Across much of the world, increasing longevity combined with decades of declining birth rates is fundamentally changing the composition of the labor force. — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

With many of those programs gone and the cost of living increasing, foreclosures are increasing. — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 29 July 2026

OpenAI disclosed the incident in a blog post on Tuesday, a stunning announcement that is certain to set off alarm bells across the industry about the increasing power of AI models and the risk of them going rogue. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 July 2026

This is a problem because US dietary guidelines recommend increasing fruit and vegetable intake as children grow. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

The Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 both use a new Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite processor that promises to deliver better CPU and GPU performance while also increasing efficiency. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026

After months of decline, gas prices across the country are steadily increasing after the fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States broke down last week. — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

The open battle between the Sun and Moore is also the latest sign of increasing tensions between parts of the Democratic Party and the legacy media. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 15 July 2026