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increase
Overview of noun increase
The noun increase has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (53) addition, increase, gain -- (a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks")
2. (25) increase -- (a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month")
3. (14) increase, increment, growth -- (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population")
4. (3) increase, increment -- (the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare")
5. (3) increase, step-up -- (the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary")
Overview of verb increase
The verb increase has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (107) increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")
2. (76) increase -- (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun increase
5 senses of increase
Sense 1
addition, increase, gain
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
increase
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
increase, increment, growth
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
increase, increment
=> amount
=> magnitude
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
increase, step-up
=> change of magnitude
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun increase
5 senses of increase
Sense 1
addition, increase, gain
=> accretion
Sense 2
increase
=> augmentation
=> concentration
=> explosion
=> jump, leap
=> runup, run-up
=> waxing
Sense 3
increase, increment, growth
=> accession
=> accretion, accumulation
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> accretion
=> multiplication
=> population growth
=> proliferation
=> pullulation
=> relaxation
=> widening, broadening
Sense 4
increase, increment
=> amplification, gain
=> complement
=> fare increase
=> price increase
=> raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase
=> rise, boost, hike, cost increase
=> supplement, supplementation
=> tax-increase, tax boost, tax hike
=> up-tick
Sense 5
increase, step-up
=> addition
=> advance, rise
=> appreciation
=> surge, upsurge
=> augmentation
=> amplification
=> expansion, enlargement
=> escalation
=> maximization, maximisation, maximation
=> exaggeration
=> expansion, expanding upon
=> accumulation, accrual, accruement
=> inclusion
=> aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation
=> strengthening
=> intensification
=> intensification
=> split, stock split, split up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun increase
5 senses of increase
Sense 1
addition, increase, gain
=> indefinite quantity
Sense 2
increase
=> change, alteration, modification
Sense 3
increase, increment, growth
=> process, physical process
Sense 4
increase, increment
=> amount
Sense 5
increase, step-up
=> change of magnitude
Antonyms of noun increase
4 of 5 senses of increase
Sense 2
increase
Antonym of decrease (Sense 1)
=>decrease, lessening, drop-off
Sense 3
increase, increment, growth
Antonym of decrease (Sense 2)
=>decrease, decrement
Sense 4
increase, increment
Antonym of decrease (Sense 3)
=>decrease, decrement
Sense 5
increase, step-up
Antonym of decrease (Sense 4)
=>decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Member Holonyms of noun increase
Substance Holonyms of noun increase
Part Holonyms of noun increase
Member Meronyms of noun increase
Substance Meronyms of noun increase
Part Meronyms of noun increase
Meronyms of noun increase
Holonyms of noun increase
Attributes of noun increase
Derived Forms of noun increase
5 senses of increase
Sense 1
addition, increase, gain
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#2
=> increase
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#1
=> increase
Sense 2
increase
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#2
=> increase
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#1
=> increase
Sense 3
increase, increment, growth
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#2
=> increase
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#1
=> increase
Sense 4
increase, increment
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#2
=> increase
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#1
=> increase
Sense 5
increase, step-up
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#2
=> increase
RELATED TO>(verb) increase#1
=> increase
Domain of noun increase
Domain Terms of noun increase
Familiarity of noun increase
increase used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun increase
5 senses of increase
Sense 1
addition, increase, gain
> indefinite quantity
=> addition, increase, gain
=> bag
=> breakage
=> capacity
=> catch, haul
=> correction, fudge factor
=> containerful
=> footstep, pace, step, stride
=> headspace
=> large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
=> limit, limitation
=> limit, limit point, point of accumulation
=> output, yield, production
=> region, neighborhood
=> outage
=> reserve
=> run
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> spillage
=> spoilage
=> tankage
=> ullage
=> top-up
=> worth
=> skinful
=> dose, dosage
=> load
=> load, loading
=> precipitation
=> supply
Sense 2
increase
> change, alteration, modification
=> acceleration
=> deceleration, slowing, retardation
=> avulsion
=> break
=> mutation
=> sublimation
=> surprise
=> birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
=> separation, breakup, detachment
=> vagary
=> variation, fluctuation
=> conversion
=> death, decease, expiry
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> destabilization
=> increase
=> easing, moderation, relief
=> deformation
=> transition
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
=> shimmer, play
=> transmutation
=> damage, harm, impairment
=> development
=> revolution
=> mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
=> sex change
=> loss of consciousness
Sense 3
increase, increment, growth
> process, physical process
=> phenomenon
=> chelation
=> dealignment
=> decrease, decrement
=> degeneration, devolution
=> development, evolution
=> economic process
=> encapsulation
=> execution, instruction execution
=> human process
=> increase, increment, growth
=> industrial process
=> irreversible process
=> iteration, looping
=> iteration, loop
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> operation, functioning, performance
=> organic process, biological process
=> photography
=> processing
=> reversible process
=> sensitization, sensitisation
=> shaping, defining
=> variation
Sense 4
increase, increment
> amount
=> positivity, positiveness
=> negativity, negativeness
=> critical mass
=> quantity
=> increase, increment
=> decrease, decrement
=> smallness
=> insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency
=> margin
=> number, figure
Sense 5
increase, step-up
> change of magnitude
=> decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
=> increase, step-up
Meronyms of noun increase
5 senses of increase
Holonyms of noun increase
Grep of noun increase
cost increase
fare increase
increase
price increase
salary increase
tax-increase
wage increase
Antonyms of verb increase
2 senses of increase
Sense 1
increase
Antonym of decrease (Sense 1)
=>decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 2
increase
Antonym of decrease (Sense 2)
=>decrease, lessen, minify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb increase
2 senses of increase
Sense 1
increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
increase
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb increase
2 senses of increase
Sense 1
increase
=> accrue
=> spike
=> add to
=> gain
=> explode, irrupt
=> pyramid
=> snowball
=> accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
=> add
=> intensify, deepen
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> grow
=> pullulate
=> widen
=> appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
=> broaden
=> shoot up
=> wax, mount, climb, rise
=> wax, full
=> crescendo
=> swell
Sense 2
increase
=> extend, stretch
=> augment
=> build up
=> enlarge
=> up
=> raise
=> blow up, enlarge, magnify
=> multiply, manifold
=> build up, work up, build, ramp up
=> inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> escalate, intensify, step up
=> boost
=> lengthen
=> regenerate
=> maximize, maximise
=> heighten
=> heighten, rise
=> rev up, rev
=> rev up, step up
=> boost, advance, supercharge
=> widen, broaden, extend
=> kite
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb increase
2 senses of increase
Sense 1
increase
=> change magnitude
Sense 2
increase
=> change, alter, modify
'Cause To' of verb increase
Derived Forms of verb increase
2 senses of increase
Sense 1
increase
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#5
=> increase, step-up
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#4
=> increase, increment
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#3
=> increase, increment, growth
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#2
=> increase
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#1
=> addition, increase, gain
Sense 2
increase
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#5
=> increase, step-up
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#4
=> increase, increment
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#3
=> increase, increment, growth
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#2
=> increase
RELATED TO>(noun) increase#1
=> addition, increase, gain
Domain of verb increase
Domain Terms of verb increase
Familiarity of verb increase
increase used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb increase
2 senses of increase
Sense 1
increase
EX: Their earnings increase this year
Sense 2
increase
EX: They increase their earnings this year
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb increase
2 senses of increase
Sense 1
increase
> change magnitude
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> increase
=> size
Sense 2
increase
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb increase
Sense 1
increase
=> change magnitude
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Sense 2
increase
=> change, alter, modify
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Grep of verb increase
increase
Grep of adj increase
increased
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