Synonyms of tacking (on)

tacking (on)

verb

present participle of tack (on)

as in adding

to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase

the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adding
• adjoining
• annexing
• swelling (up)
• appending
• introducing
• expanding
• attaching
• inserting
• subjoining
• affixing
• beefing (up)
• increasing
• tying
• injecting
• augmenting
• grafting
• fastening
• infusing
• multiplying
• tagging
• escalating
• extending
• enhancing
• supplying
• enlarging
• reinforcing
• hitching
• enforcing
• interfusing
• lengthening
• compounding
• intensifying
• prolonging
• amplifying
• supplementing
• fixing
• complementing
• elongating
• boosting
• heightening
• maximizing
• strengthening
• protracting
• aggrandizing
• magnifying
• raising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking off
• removing
• knocking off
• deducting
• subtracting
• separating
• abating
• disconnecting
• reducing
• cutting
• detaching
• decreasing
• lopping (off)
• severing
• diminishing
• lowering
• contracting
• cutting back
• bating
• lessening
• excising
• unfastening
• shortening
• curtailing
• disjoining
• abridging
• amputating
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting
• abbreviating
• retrenching