increases

NOUN

addition, growth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boost development escalation expansion gain hike increment inflation merger raise rise surge upsurge upturn

STRONG

access accession accretion accrual accumulation aggrandizement augmentation breakthrough burgeoning cumulation elaboration enlargement exaggeration extension incorporation intensification maximization multiplication optimization spread step-up swell swelling upgrade waxing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease drop loss shrinkage

STRONG

abridgment compression reduction

WEAK

depletion diminishment subtraction

VERB

add or grow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance boost broaden build build up deepen develop double enhance enlarge escalate expand extend further heighten intensify multiply raise reinforce rise step up strengthen swell triple widen

STRONG

aggrandize aggravate amplify annex augment dilate distend exaggerate inflate lengthen magnify mount pad progress proliferate prolong protract pullulate redouble sharpen snowball spread supplement swarm teem thicken wax

WEAK

mark up slap on tack on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abridge cease compress condense contract curtail decelerate decrease demolish destroy diminish discourage divide drop halt hinder hurt lessen lower narrow prevent raze recede reduce repress restrict shorten shrink slow stop take back undermine weaken

STRONG

abbreviate decline deflate degrade fall play down retreat

WEAK

deplete lose subtract

Example Sentences

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The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg

To do it she incases herself in an unnatural armor.

From The Business of Being a Woman by Tarbell, Ida M.

His contentment with the finite incases him like a lobster-shell and shields him from all morbid repining at his distance from the infinite.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

But more curious than the chair is the rough block of stone which it incases.

From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Kingsley, Rose Georgina

It crowns and incases the summit of a veritable island rock.

From Memoirs of Life and Literature by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)