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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, intensification, maximization, merger, multiplication, optimization, raise, rise, spread, step-up, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, waxing |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | accession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that augments, adds to |
| Synonyms: | accretion, addition, augmentation, enlargement, extension, increase, increment, raise, rise |
| Main Entry: | accretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gradual growth, addition |
| Synonyms: | accession, accumulation, augmentation, build-up, increase, increment, raise, rise |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deduction, shrinkage |
| Main Entry: | accrual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growth |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, amassing, amassment, buildup, increase |
| Main Entry: | accrue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase by addition or growth, often financial |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, build up, collect, enlarge, flow, gather, grow, increase |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up, lump*, make a bundle, make a killing, mass, pile up, pile*, procure, profit, rack up, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accumulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering or amassing |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping |
| Antonyms: | dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
| Synonyms: | accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing |
| Notes: | an addition is something that, when added, serves simply to augment or extend that to which it has been added, leaving the character of the original unchanged; an addendum forms a separate distinguishable portion of the whole and it first meant 'a thing to be added' |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, progress in development |
| Synonyms: | advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Antonyms: | block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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