Synonyms for In-crease:

• n.

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

• v.

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

Antonyms for In-crease:

• n.

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

• v.

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