Synonyms for In-creases:

• n.

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

• v.

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

• n.

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

• v.

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