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increased
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increased
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | raised |
| Synonyms: | added on, elevated, enlarged, expanded, heightened, marked up |
| Concept: | Increase. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY; CHANGES IN QUANTITY |
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-nouns
increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation (expansion); increment, accretion; accession; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent; exaggeration, exacerbation; spread (dispersion); flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.
-verbs
increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate (expand); grow, wax, get ahead; gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend; sprout., aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd (add) [more]; spread (disperse).
-adjectives
increased; on the increase, undiminished; additional (added).
-adverbs
crescendo.
-phrases
vires acquirit eundo [Vergil].
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| Antonyms: | decrease |
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| Main Entry: | additional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra, supplementary |
| Synonyms: | added, affixed, appended, further, increased, more, new, on the side, option, other, over-and-above, padding, perk, spare, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | necessary |
| Main Entry: | elongated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lengthened |
| Synonyms: | dragged out, drawn out, expanded, extended, increased, made longer, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, stretched, strung out |
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | added, another, auxiliary, else, extra, farther, further, increased, more, new, other, renewed, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | old, used |
| Main Entry: | more |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional, greater |
| Synonyms: | added, aggrandized, also, amassed, and, another, augmented, besides, bounteous, deeper, else, enhanced, exceeding, expanded, extended, extra, farther, fresh, further, heavier, higher, in addition, increased, innumerable, larger, likewise, major, massed, more than that, new, numerous, other, over and above, spare, supplementary, too many, wider |
| Antonyms: | fewer, less |
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | added, another, else, extra, farther, fresh, further, increased, more, other, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | common, existent, existing, usual |
| Main Entry: | plus |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | added, extra |
| Synonyms: | additional, augmented, boosted, enlarged, expanded, increased, positive, supplementary, surplus |
| Antonyms: | detrimental, minus, negative |
| Main Entry: | puffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | swollen |
| Synonyms: | billowy, bloated, blown, bulgy, distended, distent, enlarged, expanded, full, increased, inflamed, inflated, puffed up |
| Antonyms: | flat, tight, unswollen |
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