Synonyms for In crease:

• n.

  •accession (noun)
  • increase,
  • addition.
  •accretion (noun)
  • build-up.
  •accrual (noun)
  • Amassing,
  • buildup,
  • Amassment.
  •accumulation (noun)
  • up,
  • gob,
  • growth,
  • trove,
  • upping,
  • stock,
  • chunk,
  • hunk,
  • agglomeration,
  • hoarding,
  • collection,
  • quantity,
  • collecting,
  • conglomeration,
  • aggregation,
  • stack.
  •addition (noun)
  • additive,
  • option,
  • reinforcement,
  • enhancement,
  • extra,
  • appendage,
  • wing,
  • commission,
  • bonus,
  • adjunct,
  • accessory,
  • attachment,
  • addendum,
  • appendix,
  • dividend.
  •advance (noun)
  • go-ahead,
  • furtherance,
  • prepayment,
  • betterment,
  • headway,
  • bite,
  • retainer,
  • promotion,
  • allowance,
  • credit,
  • step,
  • enrichment,
  • floater,
  • down payment,
  • break,
  • stake,
  • front money,
  • advancement,
  • loan,
  • take,
  • accommodation,
  • score,
  • touch,
  • deposit,
  • amelioration.
  •aggravation (noun)
  • condition deepening,
  • magnification,
  • inflammation,
  • inflaming,
  • exacerbation,
  • strengthening,
  • heightening,
  • Sharpening,
  • worsening.
  •annexation (noun)
  • Annexing,
  • takeover,
  • appropriation,
  • grab.
  •augmentation (noun)
  • beefing up,
  • amplification,
  • fleshing out.
  •boom (noun)
  • upswing,
  • prosperousness,
  • improvement,
  • rush,
  • push,
  • spurt.
  •breakthrough (noun)
  • step forward,
  • finding,
  • leap,
  • quantum leap,
  • discovery,
  • find,
  • invention.
  •buildup (noun)
  • puff,
  • advertising,
  • plug,
  • publicity,
  • load.
  •continuation (noun)
  • Protracting,
  • enduring,
  • preservation,
  • increasing,
  • preserving,
  • continuing,
  • Prolonging,
  • duration,
  • line,
  • endurance,
  • continuance,
  • protraction,
  • prolongation,
  • propagation,
  • postscript,
  • sequel,
  • Maintaining,
  • going on,
  • tenacity,
  • continuity,
  • assiduity,
  • sustenance,
  • Producing,
  • perpetuation,
  • Perpetuating,
  • augmenting,
  • persisting,
  • production,
  • succession,
  • Sustaining.
  •contribution (noun)
  • input,
  • grant,
  • do one's part,
  • handout,
  • present,
  • subscription,
  • alms,
  • beneficence,
  • bestowal,
  • significant addition,
  • benefaction,
  • write-off,
  • helping hand,
  • Gifting,
  • a hand,
  • donation,
  • charity.
  •development (noun)
  • making progress,
  • progression,
  • unfolding,
  • evolution,
  • ripening,
  • flowering,
  • Evolving,
  • Elaborating,
  • chrysalis,
  • maturity,
  • Perfecting,
  • ontogenesis,
  • ontogeny,
  • ongoing,
  • maturation,
  • Maturing,
  • adding to,
  • advancing,
  • spreading,
  • Upgrowth,
  • adulthood,
  • Evolvement,
  • reinforcing,
  • unraveling,
  • developing.
  •distention (noun)
  • Bloating.
  •escalation (noun)
  • acceleration.
  •evolution (noun)
  • natural process,
  • working out,
  • change,
  • transformation.
  •expansion (noun)
  • opening out,
  • distension,
  • distance,
  • dilation,
  • breadth,
  • expanse,
  • diffusion,
  • unfurling,
  • space.
  •extension (noun)
  • broadening,
  • sweep,
  • drawing out,
  • delay,
  • elongation,
  • span,
  • extent,
  • purview,
  • reach,
  • radius,
  • arm,
  • lengthening,
  • spreading out,
  • dilatation,
  • branch,
  • stretching,
  • postponement,
  • widening,
  • compass,
  • orbit,
  • scope.
  •gain (noun)
  • velvet,
  • payoff,
  • attainment,
  • emolument,
  • advantage,
  • income,
  • return,
  • achievement,
  • yield,
  • receipts,
  • cut,
  • benefit,
  • lucre,
  • proceeds,
  • share,
  • gravy,
  • produce,
  • earnings.
  •growth (noun)
  • vegetation,
  • prosperity,
  • proliferation,
  • germination,
  • crop,
  • sprouting,
  • cultivation,
  • thickening,
  • success.
  •headway (noun)
  • Anabasis,
  • ground,
  • proficiency,
  • way,
  • march.
  •improvement (noun)
  • revision,
  • elevation,
  • reclamation,
  • rectification,
  • upbeat,
  • reformation,
  • amendment,
  • preferment,
  • correction,
  • recovery,
  • meliorism,
  • renovation,
  • civilization,
  • regeneration.
  •increase (noun)
  • Cumulation,
  • accumulation,
  • maximization,
  • merger,
  • augmentation,
  • swell,
  • extension,
  • aggrandizement,
  • rise,
  • elaboration,
  • development,
  • incorporation,
  • spread,
  • intensification,
  • enlargement,
  • inflation,
  • increment,
  • escalation,
  • swelling,
  • boost,
  • access,
  • surge,
  • accrual,
  • optimization,
  • accretion,
  • waxing,
  • upturn,
  • gain,
  • upgrade,
  • breakthrough,
  • hike,
  • upsurge,
  • raise,
  • step-up,
  • exaggeration,
  • expansion,
  • accession,
  • multiplication,
  • burgeoning.
  •increment (noun)
  • Accrument.
  •markup (noun)
  • margin,
  • gross profit.
  •multiplication (noun)
  • recurrence,
  • reproducing,
  • reproduction,
  • repeating,
  • Manifolding,
  • reduplification,
  • compounding,
  • repetition.
  •persistency (noun)
  • persistence,
  • continuum.
  •progress (noun)
  • pace,
  • momentum,
  • stride,
  • motion,
  • passage,
  • process,
  • course,
  • expedition,
  • impetus,
  • tour,
  • dash,
  • voyage,
  • movement,
  • procession,
  • rate,
  • lunge,
  • journey.
  •prosperity (noun)
  • flying colors,
  • victory,
  • plenty,
  • welfare,
  • exorbitance,
  • clover,
  • accomplishment,
  • the good life,
  • arrival,
  • plenteousness,
  • gravy train,
  • riches,
  • successfulness,
  • luxury,
  • easy street,
  • thriving,
  • well-being,
  • high on the hog,
  • interest,
  • opulence,
  • bed of roses,
  • DO,
  • wealth,
  • abundance,
  • fortune,
  • good,
  • good times,
  • life of luxury,
  • ease.
  •prosperousness (noun)
  • comfortable,
  • comfort.
  •reproduction (noun)
  • REPRO,
  • copy,
  • print,
  • procreation,
  • facsimile,
  • revival,
  • offprint,
  • ditto,
  • replica,
  • imitation,
  • generation,
  • photostat,
  • replication,
  • portrayal,
  • look-alike,
  • picture,
  • pic,
  • mimeo,
  • transcription,
  • fake,
  • breeding,
  • reprinting,
  • clone,
  • reduplication,
  • carbon copy,
  • STAT,
  • Reenactment,
  • photocopy,
  • twin,
  • flimsy,
  • photograph,
  • xerox,
  • renewal,
  • x-ray,
  • mimeograph,
  • mirror image,
  • carbon,
  • recreation,
  • chip off old block.
  •spread (noun)
  • transmission,
  • radiation,
  • transfusion,
  • suffusion,
  • range,
  • term,
  • profusion,
  • ramification,
  • dispersion,
  • period,
  • dissemination.
  •swelling (noun)
  • welt,
  • bump,
  • wart,
  • protuberance,
  • distention,
  • bruise,
  • carbuncle,
  • hump,
  • injury,
  • weal,
  • knob,
  • node,
  • sore,
  • ridge,
  • bunion,
  • boil,
  • wale,
  • nodule,
  • tumescence,
  • abscess,
  • pustule,
  • pock,
  • pimple,
  • contusion,
  • tumor,
  • puffiness,
  • Knurl,
  • corn.

• v.

  •accrue (verb)
  • grow,
  • gather,
  • accumulate,
  • collect,
  • amass,
  • flow.
  •accumulate (verb)
  • make a killing,
  • assemble,
  • agglomerate,
  • add to,
  • pile up,
  • store,
  • acquire,
  • stack up,
  • pile,
  • profit,
  • cache,
  • cumulate,
  • clean up,
  • heap together,
  • amalgamate,
  • rack up,
  • incorporate,
  • hoard,
  • bring together,
  • aggregate,
  • round up,
  • heap,
  • make a bundle,
  • load up,
  • stockpile,
  • scare up,
  • procure,
  • mass,
  • store up,
  • compile,
  • lump,
  • accrue,
  • concentrate,
  • collocate,
  • unite,
  • roll up,
  • draw together.
  •aggrandize (verb)
  • beef up,
  • jump,
  • parlay,
  • hype,
  • jack up,
  • dignify,
  • praise,
  • hike up,
  • glorify,
  • commend,
  • acclaim,
  • ennoble,
  • applaud,
  • distinguish,
  • honor.
  •aggravate (verb)
  • worsen,
  • complicate,
  • inflame,
  • rouse,
  • exacerbate.
  •augment (verb)
  • tag on,
  • sweeten,
  • compound,
  • piggyback.
  •beef up (verb)
  • shore.
  •boom (verb)
  • rise in value,
  • flourish,
  • succeed,
  • thrive,
  • appreciate,
  • bloom,
  • flower.
  •branch off/branch out (verb)
  • diversify,
  • separate,
  • part,
  • divide,
  • ramify,
  • spread out,
  • diverge,
  • fork.
  •broaden (verb)
  • breadthen,
  • fatten,
  • ream,
  • stretch,
  • open up.
  •build up (verb)
  • spotlight,
  • fortify,
  • promote,
  • publicize,
  • improve.
  •burgeon (verb)
  • bud.
  •come on (verb)
  • proceed,
  • make headway.
  •deepen (verb)
  • Intensate.
  •dilate (verb)
  • be prolix,
  • be profuse,
  • expatiate,
  • puff out,
  • expound,
  • spin off.
  •distend (verb)
  • bloat,
  • balloon,
  • distort.
  •double (verb)
  • duplify,
  • loop,
  • plicate,
  • repeat,
  • duplicate,
  • Infold,
  • plait,
  • fold,
  • dupe,
  • pleat,
  • replicate,
  • dualize.
  •eke (verb)
  • husband,
  • economize.
  •elevate (verb)
  • put up,
  • appoint,
  • prefer,
  • skip,
  • exalt.
  •enhance (verb)
  • pyramid,
  • elevate,
  • complement,
  • boom,
  • adorn,
  • embroider,
  • beautify,
  • lift,
  • flesh out.
  •evolve (verb)
  • unfold,
  • elaborate,
  • get,
  • obtain,
  • work out,
  • open,
  • derive,
  • excogitate,
  • educe,
  • mature,
  • emerge,
  • ripen,
  • disclose,
  • result.
  •exacerbate (verb)
  • rattle one's cage,
  • push one's button,
  • heat up,
  • add insult to injury,
  • fan the flames,
  • go from bad to worse,
  • madden,
  • feed the fire,
  • rub salt in a wound,
  • irritate,
  • exasperate,
  • provoke,
  • embitter,
  • enrage,
  • hit on,
  • egg on,
  • vex,
  • excite,
  • annoy,
  • envenom.
  •expand (verb)
  • open out,
  • burgeon,
  • stretch out,
  • unfurl,
  • detail,
  • explicate,
  • fill out,
  • unravel,
  • soup up,
  • blow up,
  • unroll,
  • mushroom,
  • fan out,
  • outspread,
  • puff up,
  • diffuse,
  • embellish,
  • bulk up,
  • bolster.
  •extend (verb)
  • last,
  • draw out,
  • string out,
  • elongate,
  • let out,
  • mantle,
  • carry on,
  • crane,
  • drag one's feet,
  • run on,
  • continue,
  • Prolongate,
  • go on,
  • spin out,
  • stall,
  • draw,
  • drag out.
  •fan (verb)
  • add fuel,
  • stir up,
  • stimulate,
  • enkindle,
  • agitate,
  • whip up,
  • arouse,
  • Impassion,
  • work up.
  •fatten (verb)
  • put flesh on,
  • fill,
  • gain weight,
  • round out,
  • plump,
  • stuff,
  • feed,
  • overfeed,
  • coarsen,
  • put on weight,
  • cram.
  •flourish (verb)
  • hit it big,
  • do well,
  • go,
  • come along,
  • live high on hog,
  • bear fruit,
  • arrive,
  • get on,
  • blossom,
  • make out,
  • get ahead,
  • be on top of heap,
  • batten,
  • go great guns.
  •gain (verb)
  • achieve,
  • ameliorate,
  • harvest,
  • capture,
  • clear,
  • accomplish,
  • net,
  • enlist,
  • reap,
  • make,
  • consummate,
  • secure,
  • overtake,
  • bring in,
  • pick up,
  • move forward,
  • attain,
  • land,
  • have,
  • realize,
  • fulfill,
  • earn,
  • glean,
  • win over,
  • perfect,
  • complete.
  •get up (verb)
  • awake,
  • pile out,
  • rise and shine,
  • Upspring,
  • turn out,
  • climb,
  • spring out,
  • stand,
  • scale,
  • awaken,
  • arise,
  • roll out,
  • ascend,
  • move up,
  • uprise.
  •grow (verb)
  • get bigger,
  • age,
  • spring up,
  • breed,
  • originate,
  • come,
  • shoot,
  • stem,
  • propagate,
  • luxuriate,
  • germinate,
  • get taller,
  • pop up,
  • sprout,
  • come to be,
  • cultivate,
  • burst forth,
  • abound,
  • issue,
  • branch out,
  • vegetate,
  • turn,
  • become,
  • maturate.
  •heap (verb)
  • pack,
  • dump,
  • bunch,
  • bank,
  • add,
  • fill up,
  • arrange,
  • mound,
  • group.
  •heighten (verb)
  • make higher,
  • send up.
  •improve (verb)
  • set right,
  • purify,
  • take off,
  • gain ground,
  • recover,
  • correct,
  • emend,
  • perk up,
  • edit,
  • straighten out,
  • civilize,
  • make strides,
  • refine,
  • revise,
  • come around,
  • shape up,
  • touch up,
  • reform,
  • doctor up,
  • help,
  • polish,
  • better,
  • revamp,
  • look up,
  • rally,
  • convalesce,
  • rectify,
  • update,
  • amend,
  • recuperate,
  • meliorate,
  • turn the corner,
  • skyrocket,
  • mend.
  •increase (verb)
  • enlarge,
  • augment,
  • tack on,
  • lengthen,
  • slap on,
  • extend,
  • enhance,
  • teem,
  • dilate,
  • mark up,
  • expand,
  • further,
  • prolong,
  • supplement,
  • exaggerate,
  • multiply,
  • strengthen,
  • swarm,
  • broaden,
  • inflate,
  • pullulate,
  • widen,
  • redouble,
  • escalate,
  • reinforce,
  • heighten,
  • magnify,
  • annex,
  • advance,
  • sharpen,
  • proliferate,
  • double,
  • build up,
  • develop,
  • deepen,
  • amplify,
  • pad,
  • build,
  • thicken,
  • mount,
  • progress,
  • wax,
  • intensify,
  • snowball,
  • distend,
  • aggravate,
  • protract,
  • step up,
  • triple,
  • aggrandize.
  •inflame (verb)
  • roil,
  • fan,
  • kindle,
  • light,
  • fire,
  • gall,
  • heat,
  • put out,
  • intoxicate,
  • burn,
  • rile,
  • ignite,
  • grate,
  • incense,
  • infuriate,
  • fire up,
  • foment,
  • steam up,
  • disturb.
  •intensify (verb)
  • set off,
  • darken,
  • point,
  • spike,
  • pour it on,
  • stress,
  • accent,
  • lighten,
  • brighten,
  • quicken,
  • emphasize,
  • whet,
  • accentuate,
  • tone up.
  •lengthen (verb)
  • make longer.
  •luxuriate (verb)
  • live extravagantly,
  • eat up,
  • take it easy,
  • wallow,
  • enjoy,
  • love,
  • relish,
  • wanton,
  • rollick,
  • bask,
  • be in clover,
  • revel,
  • overdo,
  • riot,
  • roll,
  • feast,
  • live it up,
  • live in luxury,
  • delight.
  •magnify (verb)
  • jump up,
  • run up,
  • bless,
  • eulogize.
  •mushroom (verb)
  • grow rapidly,
  • shoot up,
  • burst,
  • explode,
  • detonate,
  • go off.
  •pad (verb)
  • spin,
  • bulk,
  • overdraw,
  • overstate,
  • fudge.
  •pick up (verb)
  • make a comeback,
  • resume,
  • restart,
  • reopen,
  • get well,
  • Recommence,
  • renew,
  • get better,
  • take up.
  •progress (verb)
  • turn over new leaf,
  • straighten up,
  • become better,
  • make first rate,
  • truck.
  •prolong (verb)
  • let it ride,
  • perpetuate,
  • hold,
  • hold up.
  •promote (verb)
  • graduate,
  • favor,
  • kick upstairs.
  •propagate (verb)
  • father,
  • mother,
  • impregnate,
  • beget,
  • fertilize,
  • make pregnant,
  • fecundate,
  • sire,
  • generate,
  • bear,
  • inseminate,
  • procreate,
  • engender.
  •prosper (verb)
  • grow rich,
  • turn out well,
  • make it,
  • become wealthy,
  • make good,
  • fare well,
  • go places,
  • catch on,
  • make mark,
  • get there,
  • strike it rich,
  • hit the jackpot,
  • make money,
  • become rich,
  • go to town,
  • do wonders,
  • feather nest,
  • be enriched.
  •quicken (verb)
  • Vivificate,
  • motivate,
  • vivify,
  • hasten,
  • pique,
  • energize,
  • goad,
  • inspire,
  • galvanize,
  • stir,
  • actuate,
  • shake up,
  • revitalize,
  • spring,
  • animate,
  • Innerve,
  • urge,
  • revive,
  • expedite,
  • hurry,
  • liven,
  • activate,
  • speed,
  • impel,
  • move,
  • dispatch,
  • precipitate,
  • vitalize,
  • accelerate,
  • refresh,
  • incite,
  • make haste,
  • spur,
  • innervate.
  •ramify (verb)
  • subdivide,
  • bifurcate.
  •recover (verb)
  • heal,
  • return to form,
  • take turn for better,
  • rebound,
  • restore,
  • get out from under,
  • sober up,
  • be out of woods,
  • get back on feet,
  • feel oneself again,
  • bounce back,
  • pull through,
  • regain one's health,
  • rejuvenate,
  • get over,
  • regain one's strength,
  • forge ahead,
  • start anew,
  • overcome,
  • snap back,
  • get in shape.
  •reinforce (verb)
  • punch up,
  • sustain,
  • carry,
  • prop up,
  • buttress,
  • stiffen,
  • stand up for,
  • back up,
  • add fuel to fire,
  • lend a hand,
  • pillar,
  • harden,
  • support,
  • toughen,
  • stroke,
  • shore up,
  • underline,
  • prop.
  •spread (verb)
  • branch off,
  • prepare,
  • spray,
  • lie,
  • paint,
  • cover,
  • coat,
  • set,
  • untwist,
  • settle,
  • strew,
  • suffuse,
  • radiate,
  • be distributed,
  • uncoil,
  • be displayed,
  • disperse,
  • even out,
  • smear,
  • pervade,
  • lay,
  • overlay,
  • flatten,
  • gloss,
  • circulate,
  • array,
  • sprawl,
  • unwind,
  • cast,
  • daub,
  • Outstretch,
  • level.
  •step up (verb)
  • speed up.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • tone,
  • invigorate,
  • justify,
  • temper,
  • make firm,
  • substantiate,
  • confirm,
  • set up,
  • anneal,
  • regenerate,
  • empower,
  • sinew,
  • corroborate,
  • establish,
  • brace,
  • steel.
  •supplement (verb)
  • top,
  • enrich,
  • subsidize,
  • supply,
  • jazz up.
  •swell (verb)
  • blister,
  • become distended,
  • become swollen,
  • be inflated,
  • become bloated,
  • intensity,
  • grow larger,
  • tumefy,
  • protrude,
  • bulge,
  • belly,
  • pout,
  • billow,
  • pouch,
  • well up.
  •thrive (verb)
  • make a go,
  • prosper,
  • get fat,
  • get places,
  • shine.
  •upgrade (verb)
  • make better.
  •uprise (verb)
  • get to one's feet.
  •wax (verb)
  • run,
  • get to,
  • grow full.
  •whet (verb)
  • wake,
  • challenge,
  • waken.
  •widen (verb)
  • open wide.

Antonyms for In crease:

• n.

  • accession
    repudiation, dispute, deduction, disagreement.
  • accumulation
    scattering, dispersal, dissipation, lessening, dispersion.
  • addition
    withdrawal.
  • advance
    stoppage, impediment, hindrance, hesitation, block, recession, failure, stagnation, retrogression.
  • annexation
    detachment.
  • augmentation
    degradation, contraction, shortening.
  • boom
    collapse.
  • breakthrough
    step backward, step back.
  • broadening
    narrowing.
  • buildup
    destruction.
  • continuation
    termination, finish, cessation, end.
  • evolution
    blockage.
  • extension
    curtailment, body, abbreviation, base.
  • gain
    injury, harm, worsening, forfeiture, handicap, expenditure, misfortune, debt, bills, disadvantage.
  • growth
    underdevelopment, abatement.
  • improvement
    weakening, diminishing, demotion, deterioration.
  • increase
    subtraction, decrease, shrinkage, loss, drop, reduction, decline, depletion, abridgment, Diminishment, compression.
  • melioration
    regression, inaction.
  • persistency
    indifference.
  • progress
    whole.
  • prosperity
    poverty, poorness, restriction.
  • reproduction
    original.
  • spread
    suppression, extreme.
  • swelling
    depression.

• v.

  • accrue
    spend, disperse, distribute, scatter, dissipate.
  • accumulate
    waste, dwindle, separate, squander, forfeit.
  • aggrandize
    condemn, keep, reproach, humble, humiliate, debase, shame, disgrace, disapprove, criticize, belittle, depress, censure, denounce, dishonor.
  • aggravate
    gladden, relieve, minimize, appease, improve, soothe, help, soften, make happy, alleviate, mollify, slump, calm.
  • augment
    uncomplicate.
  • boom
    stunt, fail, languish, shrivel, falter.
  • broaden
    concentrate.
  • build up
    worsen, let down, dissuade, injure.
  • burgeon
    fade, die.
  • come on
    leave, depart, exit, go, deteriorate.
  • deepen
    quieten, pale, fill, lighten.
  • dilate
    cut, constrict.
  • distend
    cave in.
  • double
    disect, halve.
  • elevate
    reject, push down, trouble, disdain, distress, deprecate, spurn, castigate, upset, demote.
  • enhance
    take away, neglect, fix, mar.
  • evolve
    hide.
  • exacerbate
    please, compose, pacify, placate, aid, comfort, delight.
  • expand
    withhold, close, tangle, thin, simplify.
  • extend
    hold, discontinue, maintain.
  • fan
    lull, bore, quiet.
  • fatten
    undernourish.
  • flourish
    wither.
  • gain
    give up, ruin, plant, free, miss, yield, let go, throw away, pass, exhaust, release, surrender, give in.
  • get up
    go to sleep, deaden.
  • grow
    ignore.
  • heap
    use, spread, mix up.
  • improve
    corrupt, pollute, dirty, damage, dull, retrogress, blow, descend.
  • increase
    take back, shrink, lessen, raze, prevent, compress, demolish, deflate, cease, undermine, play down, destroy, decelerate, restrict, hinder, abridge, subtract, fall, lose, curtail, recede, abbreviate, diminish, slow, degrade, halt, shorten, retreat, stop, divide, contract, discourage, repress, deplete, lower, hurt, weaken, condense, reduce, narrow.
  • inflame
    tranquilize, cool, extinguish, quench, disenchant.
  • intensify
    darken.
  • luxuriate
    want, hate, need, refrain, abstain, dislike, lack.
  • magnify
    miniaturize.
  • pick up
    have, complete.
  • progress
    back up.
  • prolong
    expedite, advance, further.
  • promote
    discredit.
  • propagate
    result, conceal, kill.
  • prosper
    refuse.
  • quicken
    retard, wait, delay, prohibit, deter, rest.
  • ramify
    unite, agree, connect, join, combine.
  • recover
    wane, mislay.
  • reinforce
    melt, liquefy.
  • spread
    straighten, reveal, collect, disorganize, confuse, gather.
  • strengthen
    disprove, break down, deny, dishearten, contradict.
  • uprise
    sit, lie, go down, lay.
  • vitalize
    procrastinate, impede, suppress.
  • whet
    dampen, blunt.
  • widen
    cramp.