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

Rates have been mostly rising this year as the conflict in Iran has driven crude oil prices sharply higher, stoking expectations of hotter inflation. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends to increase deficit spending to spark economic growth, but risks stoking inflation further. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 July 2026

China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies’ listing on Monday is stoking fears amongst investors that its market debut could pull cash from Chinese equities, as investors raise funds to get a piece of the country’s largest memory chipmaker. — Sean Conlon,joseph Wilkins,justina Lee,lee Ying Shan,fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Hyper-rich corporations are stoking it, rather than kitchen-table investors. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Yes, that also includes Lane Kiffin stoking the fire every now and then. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

The beat is crisp and skippy, the synth bass stonking, and carefully placed whorls of modular synth build to actual crowd-stoking drops. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026

Preview of Republican’s Florida campaign strategy While some Republicans talked about affordability at Saturday’s Sunshine State Showdown event, others focused on stoking fear and rage toward Democrats as the unifying message to drive people to vote for their party in November. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026

One of the streets shut down was the central highway in Zapopan, leading to the Estadio Akron, stoking fears of violence during the World Cup. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026