Synonyms of stoking

stoking

verb

present participle of stoke

as in increasing

to make greater in size, amount, or number

hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• expanding
• accelerating
• boosting
• augmenting
• raising
• multiplying
• extending
• escalating
• intensifying
• enhancing
• reinforcing
• amplifying
• swelling
• enlarging
• adding (to)
• strengthening
• maximizing
• upping
• compounding
• hyping
• aggrandizing
• building up
• pumping up
• heightening
• supersizing
• inflating
• supplementing
• jumping
• skyrocketing
• spiking
• developing
• prolonging
• booming
• stretching
• lengthening
• distending
• bumping (up)
• complementing
• elongating
• dilating
• drawing out
• protracting
• ratcheting (up)
• magnifying
• accumulating
• blowing up
• amassing
• 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
• de-escalating
• contracting
• compressing
• abbreviating
• condensing
• minifying
• constricting
• retrenching
• cutting back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stoking

According to Media Matters, since June 25, Fox News has dedicated at least 206 segments to the WNBA, largely aimed at stoking tensions related to race and trans athletes. — Sam Fragoso, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

Internal memos from a trade organization potentially impacted by California’s single use plastic law reveals a coordinated push to dismantle the landmark legislation by stoking anxiety over affordability and living costs. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Trump's party will put him center stage at an unusual midterm convention on Wednesday and Thursday in Dallas in hopes of stoking voters' enthusiasm. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz are stoking concerns that oil tankers will continue to face obstacles trying to transit the key waterway. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Bond yields followed crude higher, stoking inflation concerns and putting market odds on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike at next week's meeting at over 58%. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

Following a confusing rollout of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s loan changes, some students couldn’t pay bills over summer, stoking fears about fall semester disbursements. — Erin Rode, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026

That followed months of speculation about Stern’s future and possible retirement, with Stern himself characteristically stoking some of the chatter himself. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026

In November, an official with the World Health Organization directly tied to the outbreak to an anti-vaccine group stoking fear on social media, without directly naming CHD. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026