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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on |
| Notes: | augment means to add more of the same thing; supplement means to add something, usually to make up for a deficiency |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
| Main Entry: | aggrandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause something to seem or be greater, bigger |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jack up, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise |
| Antonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower |
| Main Entry: | amplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
| Synonyms: | add, augment, beef up, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, flesh out, heighten, hike up, inflate, intensify, jack up, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, soup up, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize |
| Main Entry: | become |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enhance |
| Synonyms: | accord, adorn, agree, augment, be appropriate, belong to, display, embellish, enrich, fit, flatter, garnish, go together, go with, grace, harmonize, heighten, make handsome, match, ornament, set off, suit |
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up, develop, enlarge, expand, extend, heighten, hike, jack up, jump, magnify, multiply, put up, raise, up |
| Antonyms: | blow, decrease, hinder, set back |
| Main Entry: | broaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, supplement |
| Synonyms: | augment, breadthen, develop, enlarge, expand, fatten, grow, increase, open up, ream, spread, stretch, swell, widen |
| Antonyms: | decrease, narrow, restrict |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, accelerate |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, decrease, destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | compound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make difficult; complicate |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggravate, augment, confound, confuse, exacerbate, extend, heighten, intensify, magnify, make complex, make intricate, multiply, worsen |
| Antonyms: | better, make easy, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be partly responsible for |
| Synonyms: | add to, advance, aid, assist, augment, be conducive, be instrumental, conduce, do one's bit, finger in the pie, fortify, get in the act, have a hand in, help, lead, put in two cents, redound, reinforce, sit in on, strengthen, supplement, support, tend, uphold |
| Antonyms: | counteract, disapprove, neglect, shun, withhold |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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