What are the opposite words for diminish?
Antonyms for the word "diminish" can have a range of meanings depending on the context. Some possible words include increase, expand, grow, magnify, enhance, boost, raise, augment, and amplify. These antonyms suggest a contrasting effect to diminishment, implying a sense of development, improvement, or enlargement. For example, in the context of economics, an increase in demand could be an antonym for a diminishment in supply, while in the context of language, an amplification of an idea could be an antonym for diminishing its value. In any case, antonyms for "diminish" can offer a useful way to explore alternative perspectives and meanings of a given topic.
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- intensify
- increase
- add
- improve
- expand
- strengthen
- double
- thicken
- deepen
- heighten
- extend
- accumulate
- amplify
- belittle
- bloom
- broaden
- enlarge
- evolve
- gain
- increment
- mature
- multiply
- open up
- promote
- quicken
- raise
- ramify
- recruit
- reinforce
- rise
- wax
- accelerate
- aggrandize
- boost
- branch
- cultivate
- develop
- dilate
- elaborate
- embroider
- glorify
- grow
- heap
- inflate
- luxuriate
- magnify
- mellow
- mushroom
- plant
- propagate
- recover
- rocket
- spread
- swell
- upgrade
- widen
- increase by addition or growth, often financial
- gather or amass something
- simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
- increase in amount, number, or position
- cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
- increase in size or effect
- make greater; improve
- advance
- extend, supplement
- increase, accelerate
- amplify, advertise
- nurture, take care of
- make more intense
- expand, work out
- stretch, widen
- become or cause to be less
- distend
- bulge, swell
- make two of; make twice as large
- make detailed; expand
- promote; augment
- exaggerate information
- improve, embellish
- make or grow bigger; increase
- increase, be increased
- develop, progress
- augment
- extend, augment
- make larger, longer
- ripen
- acquire, win
- gain, increase
- adore, idolize
- become larger, evolve
- amass, collect in pile
- make or become better
- add or grow
- make more forceful, severe
- indulge, prosper
- enlarge, intensify
- ripen, mature
- increase, grow
- increase; reproduce
- sprout; grow quickly
- make perfect
- put in the ground for growing
- give a higher position in organization
- breed, reproduce
- make faster; invigorate
- redouble
- gather resources
- strengthen, augment
- shoot up
- open or fan out
- make more forceful, powerful
- become large, fuller
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- intensify
- increase
-
add
- charge up,
- flesh out,
- fleshed out,
- heat up,
- heated up,
- hike up,
- hook on,
- hook up with,
- jack up,
- jazz up,
- piggyback,
- slap on,
- soup up,
- speed up,
- speeded up,
- summate,
- tack on,
- tot up,
- run up,
- Summed,
- Summing,
- summating,
- piggybacking,
- piggybacks,
- anted,
- summated,
- anteing,
- count up,
- pour it on,
- plug into,
- hooked up with,
- anteed,
- charged up,
- charges up,
- charging up,
- counted up,
- counting up,
- counts up,
- cue in,
- cued in,
- cues in,
- cuing in,
- did addition,
- didst addition,
- do addition,
- does addition,
- doest addition,
- doeth addition,
- doing addition,
- dost addition,
- doth addition,
- fleshes out,
- fleshing out,
- heating up,
- heats up,
- hiked up,
- hikes up,
- hiking up,
- hitch on,
- hitched on,
- hitches on,
- hitching on,
- hook with,
- hooked on,
- hooked with,
- hooking on,
- hooking up with,
- hooking with,
- hooks on,
- hooks up with,
- hooks with,
- jacked up,
- jacking up,
- jacks up,
- jazzes up,
- jazzing up,
- join together,
- joined together,
- joining together,
- joins together,
- piggybacked,
- plug in to,
- plugged in to,
- plugged into,
- plugging in to,
- plugging into,
- plugs in to,
- plugs into,
- pour on,
- poured it on,
- poured on,
- pouring it on,
- pouring on,
- pours it on,
- pours on,
- ran up,
- re plied,
- re plying,
- re-plied,
- re-plying,
- reckon up,
- reckoned up,
- reckoning up,
- reckons up,
- running up,
- runs up,
- said further,
- say further,
- saying further,
- says further,
- slapped on,
- slapping on,
- slaps on,
- souped up,
- souping up,
- soups up,
- sped up,
- speeding up,
- speeds up,
- summates,
- tacked on,
- tacking on,
- tacks on,
- totted up.
-
improve
- come around,
- doctor up,
- perked up,
- re-formed,
- recover,
- recuperate,
- straighten out,
- update,
- upgrade,
- Re-forming,
- Re-form,
- shape up,
- set right,
- came around,
- comes around,
- coming around,
- doctored up,
- doctoring up,
- doctors up,
- made strides,
- make strides,
- makes strides,
- making strides,
- re covers,
- re form,
- re formed,
- re forming,
- re forms,
- re vamped,
- re vamps,
- re vise,
- re vised,
- re vising,
- re-forms,
- re-vamp,
- re-vamped,
- re-vamping,
- re-vamps,
- re-vise,
- re-vised,
- re-vising,
- sets right,
- setting right,
- shapes up,
- shaping up,
- straightened out,
- straightening out,
- straightens out,
- turn corner,
- turn the corner,
- turned corner,
- turned the corner,
- turning corner,
- turning the corner,
- turns corner,
- turns the corner,
- up date,
- up dated,
- up dates,
- up dating,
- up-date,
- up-dated,
- up-dates,
- up-dating.
-
expand
- fan out,
- outspread,
- puff up,
- stretch out,
- stretched out,
- outspreading,
- open out,
- bulk up,
- bulked up,
- bulking up,
- bulks up,
- de tail,
- de tailed,
- de tailing,
- de tails,
- de-tail,
- de-tailed,
- de-tailing,
- de-tails,
- ex plicate,
- ex plicated,
- ex plicates,
- ex plicating,
- ex-plicate,
- ex-plicated,
- ex-plicates,
- ex-plicating,
- fanned out,
- fanning out,
- fans out,
- opened out,
- opening out,
- opens out,
- out spread,
- out spreading,
- out spreads,
- out-spreading,
- out-spreads,
- outspreads,
- puffing up,
- puffs up,
- spread out,
- spreads out,
- stretching out,
- un furled,
- un furling,
- un ravel,
- un raveled,
- un raveling,
- un ravelled,
- un ravelling,
- un ravels,
- un roll,
- un rolled,
- un rolling,
- un rolls,
- un-furled,
- un-furling,
- un-ravel,
- un-raveled,
- un-raveling,
- un-ravelled,
- un-ravelling,
- un-ravels,
- un-roll,
- un-rolled,
- un-rolling,
- un-rolls.
- strengthen
-
double
- pleated,
- pleating,
- plicate,
- dualize,
- dualized,
- dualizes,
- dualizing,
- duplified,
- duplifies,
- duplify,
- duplifying,
- in fold,
- in folding,
- in folds,
- in-fold,
- in-folded,
- in-folding,
- in-folds,
- plicating,
- re peat,
- re peats,
- re plicated,
- re plicates,
- re plicating,
- re-peat,
- re-peats,
- re-plicate,
- re-plicated,
- re-plicates,
- re-plicating.
- thicken
- deepen
- heighten
-
extend
- crane,
- drag one's feet,
- let out,
- spin out,
- string out,
- Lasted,
- Mantling,
- run on,
- Craned,
- Craning,
- cranes,
- spun out,
- drag feet,
- drag one feet,
- drag ones feet,
- dragged feet,
- dragged one feet,
- dragged one's feet,
- dragged ones feet,
- dragging feet,
- dragging one feet,
- dragging one's feet,
- dragging ones feet,
- drags feet,
- drags one feet,
- drags one's feet,
- drags ones feet,
- ex tend,
- ex tended,
- ex tending,
- ex tends,
- ex-tend,
- ex-tended,
- ex-tending,
- ex-tends,
- lets out,
- letted out,
- letting out,
- ran on,
- runs on,
- span out,
- spins out,
- stringing out,
- strings out,
- strung out.
-
accumulate
- agglomerated,
- bring together,
- clean up,
- draw together,
- pile up,
- roll up,
- stack up,
- Agglomerating,
- Massing,
- scare up,
- bringing together,
- brought together,
- piled up,
- make a killing,
- brings together,
- cleaned up,
- cleaning up,
- cleans up,
- drawing together,
- draws together,
- drew together,
- heaped together,
- heaping together,
- heaps together,
- in corporate,
- in corporates,
- in-corporate,
- in-corporates,
- loaded up,
- loading up,
- made a bundle,
- made a killing,
- made bundle,
- made killing,
- make a bundle,
- make bundle,
- make killing,
- makes a bundle,
- makes a killing,
- makes bundle,
- makes killing,
- making a bundle,
- making a killing,
- making bundle,
- making killing,
- piles up,
- pro cure,
- pro cured,
- pro cures,
- pro curing,
- pro fit,
- pro fits,
- pro-cure,
- pro-cured,
- pro-cures,
- pro-curing,
- pro-fits,
- rolling up,
- rolls up,
- scared up,
- scaring up,
- stacked up,
- stacking up,
- stacks up,
- stored up,
- stores up,
- storing up.
- amplify
- belittle
- bloom
- broaden
-
enlarge
- diffused,
- diffusing,
- Bulked,
- Bulking,
- Widened,
- diffuses,
- upsurging,
- gave details,
- give details,
- gives details,
- giving details,
- grew larger,
- grow larger,
- growing larger,
- grows larger,
- made larger,
- make larger,
- makes larger,
- making larger,
- up surge,
- up surged,
- up surges,
- up surging,
- up-surge,
- up-surged,
- up-surges,
- up-surging,
- upsurged.
- evolve
- gain
-
increment
- bump.
- mature
- multiply
- open up
- promote
-
quicken
- innervate,
- vitalize,
- Innerved,
- Innerving,
- Innerve,
- livens,
- vivificated,
- innervating,
- innervated,
- livening,
- livened,
- innerves,
- make haste,
- dis patch,
- dis patched,
- dis patches,
- dis patching,
- dis-patch,
- dis-patched,
- dis-patches,
- dis-patching,
- ex cite,
- ex cited,
- ex cites,
- ex citing,
- ex-cite,
- ex-cited,
- ex-cites,
- in cite,
- in cites,
- in nervate,
- in nerved,
- in nerves,
- in nerving,
- in spire,
- in spired,
- in spires,
- in spiring,
- in-cite,
- in-cited,
- in-nervate,
- in-nerve,
- in-nerved,
- in-nerving,
- in-spire,
- in-spired,
- in-spires,
- in-spiring,
- innervates,
- made haste,
- makes haste,
- making haste,
- re freshes,
- re vitalize,
- re vitalized,
- re vitalizes,
- re vitalizing,
- re-fresh,
- re-freshes,
- re-vitalized,
- re-vitalizes,
- re-vitalizing,
- vivificates,
- vivificating.
-
raise
- drag up,
- fetch up,
- forgather,
- put forward,
- raise,
- set on,
- stir up,
- stirred up,
- upcast,
- upheave,
- Mooted,
- Mooting,
- upheaving,
- gooses,
- levered,
- goosing,
- forgathering,
- forgathers,
- upheaved,
- standing up,
- forgathered,
- congressed,
- congressing,
- dragged up,
- dragging up,
- drags up,
- fetched up,
- fetches up,
- fetching up,
- goose up,
- goosed,
- goosed up,
- gooses up,
- goosing up,
- moots,
- placed up,
- places up,
- placing up,
- pro vide,
- pro vided,
- pro vides,
- pro viding,
- pro-vide,
- pro-vided,
- pro-vides,
- pro-viding,
- put its end,
- put on its end,
- puts forward,
- puts its end,
- puts on its end,
- putting forward,
- putting its end,
- putting on its end,
- send through roof,
- send through the roof,
- sending through roof,
- sending through the roof,
- sends through roof,
- sends through the roof,
- sent through roof,
- sent through the roof,
- set upright,
- sets on,
- sets upright,
- setting on,
- shot up,
- stands up,
- stirring up,
- stirs up,
- stood up,
- up cast,
- up casts,
- up heave,
- up heaved,
- up heaves,
- up heaving,
- up hove,
- up raise,
- up raised,
- up raising,
- up-cast,
- up-casting,
- up-casts,
- up-heaved,
- up-heaves,
- up-heaving,
- up-hove,
- up-raise,
- up-raised,
- up-raises,
- up-raising,
- upcasting,
- upcasts,
- upheaves,
- uphove.
- ramify
-
recruit
- call up,
- sign up,
- signed up,
- called up,
- call arms,
- calling up,
- calls up,
- de liver,
- de livered,
- de livering,
- de livers,
- de-liver,
- de-livered,
- de-livering,
- de-livers,
- find human resources,
- finding human resources,
- finds human resources,
- found human resources,
- in duct,
- in ducted,
- in ducts,
- in-duct,
- in-ducted,
- in-ducting,
- in-ducts,
- re animate,
- re animated,
- re animates,
- re animating,
- re coup,
- re couped,
- re couping,
- re coups,
- re gain,
- re gained,
- re gaining,
- re gains,
- re pair,
- re paired,
- re pairing,
- re pairs,
- re plenish,
- re plenished,
- re plenishes,
- re plenishing,
- re possess,
- re possessed,
- re possesses,
- re possessing,
- re-animate,
- re-animated,
- re-animates,
- re-animating,
- re-coup,
- re-couped,
- re-couping,
- re-coups,
- re-gain,
- re-gained,
- re-gaining,
- re-gains,
- re-pair,
- re-paired,
- re-pairing,
- re-pairs,
- re-plenished,
- re-plenishes,
- re-plenishing,
- re-possess,
- re-possesses,
- re-possessing,
- signing on,
- signing up,
- signs on,
- signs up.
-
reinforce
- prop up,
- propping up,
- redouble,
- shore up,
- shoring up,
- stand up for,
- shored up,
- under-lining,
- adds fuel fire,
- adds fuel to fire,
- lend hand,
- lending a hand,
- lending hand,
- lends a hand,
- lends hand,
- lent a hand,
- lent hand,
- props up,
- punched up,
- punching up,
- shores up,
- standing up for,
- stood up for,
- under line,
- under lined,
- under lines,
- under lining,
- under-line,
- under-lined,
- under-lines.
- rise
- wax
- accelerate
- aggrandize
-
boost
- up.
- branch
- cultivate
- develop
-
dilate
- puff out,
- spin off,
- am profuse,
- am prolix,
- are profuse,
- are prolix,
- art profuse,
- art prolix,
- be profuse,
- be prolix,
- being profuse,
- being prolix,
- ex pound,
- ex pounded,
- ex pounding,
- ex pounds,
- ex-pound,
- ex-pounded,
- ex-pounding,
- ex-pounds,
- is profuse,
- is prolix,
- pro long,
- pro longing,
- pro longs,
- pro tract,
- pro tracts,
- pro-long,
- pro-longed,
- pro-longing,
- pro-longs,
- pro-tract,
- pro-tracts,
- puffed out,
- puffing out,
- puffs out,
- span off,
- spinning off,
- spins off,
- spun off,
- was profuse,
- was prolix,
- wast prolix,
- were profuse,
- were prolix,
- wert profuse,
- wert prolix.
-
elaborate
- be deck,
- be decked,
- be decking,
- be decks,
- be-deck,
- be-decked,
- be-decking,
- be-decks,
- de vise,
- de vised,
- de vising,
- de-vise,
- de-vised,
- de-vising,
- dis cuss,
- dis cussed,
- dis cusses,
- dis cussing,
- dis-cuss,
- dis-cussed,
- dis-cusses,
- dis-cussing,
- ex plain,
- ex plained,
- ex plaining,
- ex plains,
- ex-plain,
- ex-plained,
- ex-plaining,
- ex-plains,
- pro duce,
- pro duces,
- pro-duces.
-
embroider
- over-embellished,
- overemphasize,
- overestimate,
- overestimated,
- overestimates,
- overestimating,
- overemphasizes,
- yeasting,
- overemphasized,
- over-estimate,
- stretch the truth,
- stretching the truth,
- blow upped,
- blow upping,
- blow ups,
- blow-up,
- blow-upped,
- blow-upping,
- blow-ups,
- blowupped,
- blowupping,
- co loring,
- co-loring,
- made federal case,
- made mountain out molehill,
- made mountain out of molehill,
- make federal case,
- make mountain out molehill,
- make mountain out of molehill,
- makes mountain out molehill,
- makes mountain out of molehill,
- making federal case,
- making mountain out molehill,
- making mountain out of molehill,
- over did,
- over does,
- over doing,
- over done,
- over elaborate,
- over elaborated,
- over elaborating,
- over embellished,
- over embellishes,
- over emphasize,
- over emphasized,
- over emphasizes,
- over emphasizing,
- over estimate,
- over estimated,
- over estimates,
- over estimating,
- over state,
- over states,
- over stating,
- over-did,
- over-doing,
- over-elaborate,
- over-elaborates,
- over-elaborating,
- over-embellish,
- over-embellishes,
- over-embellishing,
- over-emphasize,
- over-emphasizes,
- over-emphasizing,
- over-estimated,
- over-estimates,
- over-estimating,
- over-stated,
- over-stating,
- overelaborate,
- overelaborated,
- overelaborating,
- overembellish,
- overembellished,
- overembellishing,
- spread on thick,
- spread thick,
- spreading on thick,
- spreading thick,
- spreads on thick,
- spreads thick,
- stretch truth,
- stretched the truth,
- stretched truth,
- stretching truth,
- yeasted.
- glorify
-
grow
- branch out,
- burst forth,
- growing,
- pop up,
- spring up,
- Vegetated,
- be came,
- be come,
- be comes,
- be coming,
- be-came,
- be-come,
- be-comes,
- be-coming,
- bursted forth,
- bursting forth,
- bursts forth,
- came be,
- came to be,
- come be,
- come to be,
- comes be,
- comes to be,
- coming be,
- coming to be,
- gat bigger,
- gat taller,
- get bigger,
- get taller,
- gets bigger,
- gets taller,
- getting bigger,
- getting taller,
- got bigger,
- got taller,
- gotten bigger,
- gotten taller,
- popped up,
- popping up,
- pops up,
- sprang up,
- springs up.
- heap
- inflate
-
luxuriate
- live it up,
- Wantoned,
- Wantoning,
- am clover,
- am in clover,
- are clover,
- are in clover,
- art clover,
- art in clover,
- be clover,
- be in clover,
- being clover,
- being in clover,
- de light,
- de lighted,
- de lighting,
- de lights,
- de-light,
- de-lighted,
- de-lighting,
- de-lights,
- is clover,
- live extravagantly,
- live high hog,
- live high on hog,
- live in luxury,
- live luxury,
- live up,
- lived extravagantly,
- lived high hog,
- lived in luxury,
- lived it up,
- lived luxury,
- lived up,
- lives high on hog,
- lives in luxury,
- lives it up,
- lives luxury,
- lives up,
- living extravagantly,
- living high hog,
- living high on hog,
- living in luxury,
- living it up,
- living up,
- take easy,
- takes easy,
- takes it easy,
- taking easy,
- taking it easy,
- took it easy,
- was in clover,
- wast clover,
- wast in clover,
- were clover,
- were in clover.
-
magnify
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overstress,
- Overdrew,
- Overdrawn,
- Overdrawing,
- overstresses,
- jump up,
- jumped up,
- jumping up,
- jumps up,
- made mountain molehill,
- made mountain of molehill,
- make mountain molehill,
- make mountain of molehill,
- makes mountain molehill,
- makes mountain of molehill,
- making mountain molehill,
- making mountain of molehill,
- over charge,
- over charged,
- over charges,
- over charging,
- over draw,
- over drawing,
- over drawn,
- over draws,
- over drew,
- over play,
- over played,
- over playing,
- over plays,
- over rate,
- over rated,
- over rates,
- over rating,
- over stress,
- over stressed,
- over stresses,
- over stressing,
- over-charge,
- over-charged,
- over-charges,
- over-charging,
- over-does,
- over-draw,
- over-drawing,
- over-drawn,
- over-draws,
- over-drew,
- over-play,
- over-played,
- over-playing,
- over-plays,
- over-rate,
- over-rated,
- over-rates,
- over-rating,
- over-stress,
- over-stressed,
- over-stresses,
- over-stressing,
- overdraws,
- overstressed,
- overstressing.
- mellow
- mushroom
- plant
- propagate
-
recover
- get well,
- sober up,
- snap back,
- forge ahead,
- getting better,
- getting well,
- get better,
- am out of woods,
- am out woods,
- are out of woods,
- are out woods,
- art out of woods,
- art out woods,
- be out of woods,
- be out woods,
- being out of woods,
- being out woods,
- feel oneself again,
- feeling again,
- feeling oneself again,
- feels again,
- feels oneself again,
- felt again,
- felt oneself again,
- forged ahead,
- forges ahead,
- forging ahead,
- gat back feet,
- gat back on feet,
- gat better,
- gat in shape,
- gat out from under,
- gat shape,
- gat well,
- get in shape,
- get out from under,
- get shape,
- gets back feet,
- gets back on feet,
- gets better,
- gets in shape,
- gets out from under,
- gets shape,
- getting back feet,
- getting back on feet,
- getting in shape,
- getting out from under,
- getting shape,
- got back on feet,
- got better,
- got in shape,
- got out from under,
- got shape,
- gotten back feet,
- gotten back on feet,
- gotten better,
- gotten in shape,
- gotten out from under,
- gotten shape,
- gotten well,
- is out of woods,
- made a comeback,
- made comeback,
- make a comeback,
- make comeback,
- makes comeback,
- making a comeback,
- making comeback,
- over come,
- over comes,
- over coming,
- over-comes,
- over-coming,
- re bound,
- re bounded,
- re bounding,
- re bounds,
- re cover,
- re covered,
- re covering,
- re new,
- re news,
- re store,
- re stored,
- re stores,
- re storing,
- re-bound,
- re-bounded,
- re-bounding,
- re-bounds,
- re-cover,
- re-covered,
- re-covering,
- re-covers,
- re-new,
- re-news,
- re-stored,
- re-stores,
- re-storing,
- regain one health,
- regain one strength,
- regain one's strength,
- regain ones health,
- regain ones strength,
- regain strength,
- regained health,
- regained one strength,
- regained one's health,
- regained one's strength,
- regained ones health,
- regained ones strength,
- regained strength,
- regaining health,
- regaining one strength,
- regaining one's health,
- regaining one's strength,
- regaining ones health,
- regaining strength,
- regains health,
- regains one health,
- regains one strength,
- regains one's strength,
- regains ones health,
- regains ones strength,
- regains strength,
- return form,
- return to form,
- returned form,
- returned to form,
- returning form,
- returns form,
- returns to form,
- snapped back,
- snapping back,
- snaps back,
- sobered up,
- sobering up,
- sobers up,
- start anew,
- started anew,
- starting anew,
- starts anew,
- take turn for better,
- takes turn for better,
- taking turn for better,
- took turn for better,
- was out of woods,
- was out woods,
- wast out of woods,
- wast out woods,
- were out of woods,
- were out woods,
- wert out of woods,
- wert out woods.
- rocket
-
spread
- even out,
- roll out,
- rolled out,
- uncoil,
- uncoiled,
- untwist,
- untwisted,
- untwisting,
- am displayed,
- am distributed,
- are displayed,
- are distributed,
- be displayed,
- be distributed,
- being displayed,
- being distributed,
- dis perse,
- dis-perse,
- evened out,
- evening out,
- evens out,
- is displayed,
- is distributed,
- out stretch,
- out stretches,
- out stretching,
- out-stretch,
- out-stretched,
- out-stretches,
- out-stretching,
- over laid,
- over laying,
- over lays,
- over-laid,
- over-lay,
- over-laying,
- over-lays,
- pre pare,
- pre pared,
- pre pares,
- pre paring,
- pre-pare,
- pre-pared,
- pre-paring,
- rolling out,
- rolls out,
- un coil,
- un coiled,
- un coiling,
- un coils,
- un twist,
- un twisting,
- un twists,
- un wind,
- un winding,
- un winds,
- un wound,
- un-coil,
- un-coiled,
- un-coiling,
- un-coils,
- un-twist,
- un-twisted,
- un-twisting,
- un-twists,
- un-winding,
- un-winds,
- un-wound,
- uncoiling,
- uncoils,
- untwists,
- was displayed,
- was distributed,
- wast displayed,
- wast distributed,
- were displayed,
- were distributed,
- wert displayed,
- wert distributed.
-
swell
- bellied,
- bellying,
- blistered,
- plumping,
- pouched,
- tumefy,
- well up,
- Tumefied,
- Pouching,
- plumps,
- are inflated,
- art inflated,
- be inflated,
- became bloated,
- became distended,
- became swollen,
- become bloated,
- become distended,
- become swollen,
- becomes bloated,
- becomes distended,
- becomes swollen,
- becoming bloated,
- becoming distended,
- becoming swollen,
- being inflated,
- in tensity,
- in-tensity,
- intensitied,
- intensitying,
- is inflated,
- rounded out,
- rounding out,
- rounds out,
- tumefies,
- up rise,
- up risen,
- up rises,
- up rising,
- up rose,
- up-rise,
- up-risen,
- up-rises,
- up-rose,
- was inflated,
- wast inflated,
- welled up,
- welling up,
- wells up,
- were inflated,
- wert inflated.
- upgrade
- widen
- increase by addition or growth, often financial
- gather or amass something
-
simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
- add.
- increase in amount, number, or position
- cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
- increase in size or effect
- make greater; improve
-
advance
- strike it rich,
- strike gold,
- break the bank,
- brake bank,
- brake the bank,
- break bank,
- breaking bank,
- breaking the bank,
- breaks bank,
- breaks the bank,
- broke bank,
- broke the bank,
- gat fat,
- gat rich,
- get fat,
- get rich,
- gets rich,
- got fat,
- got rich,
- gotten fat,
- gotten rich,
- hit jackpot,
- hit pay dirt,
- hits pay dirt,
- hitting pay dirt,
- strike rich,
- strikes gold,
- strikes rich,
- striking gold,
- striking rich,
- strook gold,
- strook it rich,
- struck gold,
- struck it rich,
- struck rich,
- up lift,
- up lifted,
- up lifting,
- up lifts,
- up-lift,
- up-lifted,
- up-lifting,
- up-lifts.
- extend, supplement
- increase, accelerate
- amplify, advertise
- nurture, take care of
- make more intense
- expand, work out
- stretch, widen
- become or cause to be less
- distend
- bulge, swell
- make two of; make twice as large
- make detailed; expand
- promote; augment
- exaggerate information
- improve, embellish
- make or grow bigger; increase
- increase, be increased
- develop, progress
- augment
- extend, augment
- make larger, longer
- ripen
-
acquire, win
- gain.
- gain, increase
- adore, idolize
-
become larger, evolve
- grow.
-
amass, collect in pile
- heap.
- make or become better
- add or grow
- make more forceful, severe
- indulge, prosper
- enlarge, intensify
- ripen, mature
-
increase, grow
- rise.
- increase; reproduce
- sprout; grow quickly
- make perfect
- put in the ground for growing
- give a higher position in organization
- breed, reproduce
- make faster; invigorate
- redouble
- gather resources
- strengthen, augment
- shoot up
- open or fan out
- make more forceful, powerful
-
become large, fuller
- wax.
-
Other relevant words
- acclaim,
- aggravate,
- appear,
- applaud,
- approve,
- blow up,
- boost,
- build,
- commend,
- complement,
- compliment,
- continue,
- countenance,
- develop,
- dilate,
- distend,
- elongate,
- emerge,
- endorse,
- eulogize,
- exalt,
- extol,
- favor,
- foment,
- glorify,
- grow,
- inflate,
- laud,
- mount,
- praise,
- rage,
- raise,
- recommend,
- revive,
- rise,
- sanction,
- show up,
- soar,
- supplement,
- swell,
- wax,
- annex.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
putting gear
- Antonyms:
- close, disenchant, disgust.
