INCREASING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

increasing

verb

present participle of increase

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

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as in rising

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s

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Recent Examples of increasing The investigation comes amid increasing federal scrutiny of the amount of money fans are paying to watch sports on television. —

Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Even as Silicon Valley continues to generate extraordinary wealth and innovation, the system supporting that success is under increasing pressure. —

George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 As even the most supermassive black holes will inevitably decay into radiation, the entropy will remain largely constant during that process, only increasing slightly. —

Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026 Committee Chair Nick Schultz then proceeded to highlight myriad other problems with the bill and pointed to bills enhancing enforcement of restraining orders and increasing penalties for repeat domestic violence offenders as better ideas than Gonzalez’s bill. —

Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026 In recent years, victims have struggled to have images depicting them removed from websites, increasing the likelihood of images being continuously spread and victims becoming retraumatized. —

Bethany Bruner, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026 JetBlue is increasing baggage fees by $4 to $9 for economy travelers. —

Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026 Regulators and lawmakers have complained that fans looking to watch games have to pay for an increasing number of streaming services. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026 The film is set in a mountain village where an elderly woman named Hettie (Hettie Farmer) lives alone on a small farm, tending her flock of goats with increasing difficulty. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026

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Mantello’s production actually frees the play from its own time, expanding its vista.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Murillo said the Mining Arc later became a financial lifeline for the Venezuelan regime as oil revenues collapsed, with gold extraction expanding rapidly under opaque arrangements involving state players and armed groups.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026