What is another word for intensify?
1098 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌa͡ɪ], [ ɪntˈɛnsɪfˌaɪ], [ ɪ_n_t_ˈɛ_n_s_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]
When you are trying to find a synonym for the word 'intensify', there are plenty of words to choose from. Some of the most common synonyms include 'amplify', 'increase', 'heighten', 'strengthen', 'deepen', 'enhance', and 'magnify'. Each of these words has its own unique connotation, but they all share the same basic idea of making something more intense or powerful. If you need to add some extra drama and intensity to your writing, using synonyms for 'intensify' can help you achieve that effect. So whether you are trying to create a passionate love scene or a tense action sequence, these synonyms can help you create the right atmosphere and tone.
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Similar words for intensify:
- step-up (noun)
- accent (verb)
- aggrandize (verb)
- amplify (verb)
- augment (verb)
- boom (verb)
- brighten (verb)
- build up (verb)
- center (verb)
- change (verb)
- compound (verb)
- concentrate (verb)
- deepen (verb)
- develop (verb)
- elevate (verb)
- exacerbate (verb)
- exaggerate (verb)
- exalt (verb)
- excite (verb)
- fire (verb)
- increase (verb)
- inflame (verb)
- intensify (verb)
- make more forceful, severe (verb)
- make worse (verb)
- mount (verb)
- progress (verb)
- raise (verb)
- redouble (verb)
- rise (verb)
- rouse (verb)
- accent
- brighten
- deepen
- elevate
- exaggerate
- excite
- increase
- irritate
- prosper
- strengthen
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Intensify:
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n.
• step-up -
v.
• accent- draws attention to ,
- drew attention to ,
- under line ,
- under lined ,
- under lines ,
- under lining ,
- under score ,
- under scored ,
- under scores ,
- under scoring ,
- under-line ,
- under-lined ,
- under-lines ,
- under-score ,
- under-scored ,
- under-scores ,
- under-scoring .
- ex tend ,
- ex tended ,
- ex tending ,
- ex tends ,
- ex-tend ,
- ex-tended ,
- ex-tending ,
- ex-tends ,
- hiked up ,
- hikes up ,
- hiking up ,
- hyping ,
- jacked up ,
- jacking up ,
- jacks up ,
- multi plied ,
- multi plying ,
- multi-plied ,
- multi-plying .
- Concentered ,
- Concentering ,
- bring a focus ,
- bring focus ,
- bring to focus ,
- bringing a focus ,
- bringing focus ,
- bringing to a focus ,
- bringing to focus ,
- brings a focus ,
- brings focus ,
- brings to a focus ,
- brings to focus ,
- brought a focus ,
- brought focus ,
- brought to a focus ,
- brought to focus ,
- closed on ,
- closes on ,
- closing on ,
- concenters ,
- converge up on ,
- converged up on ,
- converged upon ,
- converges up on ,
- converges upon ,
- converging up on ,
- converging upon ,
- medialized ,
- medializes ,
- medializing .
- am engrossed in ,
- are engrossed in ,
- being engrossed in ,
- bring bear ,
- brooded over ,
- brooding over ,
- broods over ,
- considered closely ,
- considering closely ,
- considers closely ,
- crack brains ,
- crack one brains ,
- crack ones brains ,
- cracked brains ,
- cracked one brains ,
- cracked one's brains ,
- cracked ones brains ,
- cracking brains ,
- cracking one brains ,
- cracking one's brains ,
- cracking ones brains ,
- cracks brains ,
- cracks one brains ,
- cracks one's brains ,
- cracks ones brains ,
- directed attention ,
- directing attention ,
- directs attention ,
- draws together ,
- drew together ,
- fixed attention ,
- fixes attention ,
- fixing attention ,
- fixt attention ,
- focuses attention ,
- focusing attention ,
- focussed attention ,
- focusses attention ,
- focussing attention ,
- gat beam ,
- gat meat ,
- gat on beam ,
- gat on the beam ,
- gat the beam ,
- gat the meat ,
- gat to meat ,
- gat to the meat ,
- gave attention ,
- get beam ,
- get meat ,
- get on beam ,
- get the beam ,
- get the meat ,
- gets beam ,
- gets meat ,
- gets on beam ,
- gets on the beam ,
- gets the beam ,
- gets the meat ,
- gets to meat ,
- gets to the meat ,
- getting beam ,
- getting meat ,
- getting on beam ,
- getting on the beam ,
- getting the beam ,
- getting the meat ,
- getting to meat ,
- getting to the meat ,
- gives attention ,
- got beam ,
- got meat ,
- got on beam ,
- got on the beam ,
- got the beam ,
- got the meat ,
- got to meat ,
- got to the meat ,
- gotten beam ,
- gotten meat ,
- gotten on beam ,
- gotten on the beam ,
- gotten the beam ,
- gotten the meat ,
- gotten to meat ,
- gotten to the meat ,
- hammered away at ,
- hammering away at ,
- hammers away at ,
- headed trip ,
- heading trip ,
- heads trip ,
- heaped up ,
- heaps up ,
- is engrossed in ,
- occupied thoughts ,
- occupies thoughts ,
- occupying thoughts ,
- poured it on ,
- poured on ,
- pouring it on ,
- pouring on ,
- pours it on ,
- pours on ,
- puts mind to ,
- putting mind to ,
- rack one brains ,
- rack ones brains ,
- racked brains ,
- racked one brains ,
- racked one's brains ,
- racked ones brains ,
- racking brains ,
- racking one brains ,
- racking one's brains ,
- racking ones brains ,
- racks brains ,
- racks one brains ,
- racks one's brains ,
- racks ones brains ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- rivetted ,
- rivetting ,
- thinking hard ,
- thinks hard ,
- thought hard ,
- was engrossed in ,
- wast engrossed in ,
- were engrossed in ,
- wert engrossed in ,
- zeroes in ,
- zeroing in .
- re fine ,
- re fined ,
- re fines ,
- re-fine ,
- re-fines ,
- re-fining ,
- un fold ,
- un folded ,
- un folding ,
- un folds ,
- un-fold ,
- un-folded ,
- un-folding ,
- un-folds .
- ex acerbate ,
- ex acerbated ,
- ex acerbates ,
- ex acerbating ,
- ex asperate ,
- ex asperates ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex-acerbate ,
- ex-acerbated ,
- ex-acerbates ,
- ex-acerbating ,
- ex-asperate ,
- ex-asperated ,
- ex-asperates ,
- ex-asperating ,
- fan flames ,
- fanned flames ,
- fanned the flames ,
- fanning flames ,
- fanning the flames ,
- fans flames ,
- fans the flames ,
- fed fire ,
- fed the fire ,
- feed fire ,
- feeding fire ,
- feeding the fire ,
- feeds fire ,
- feeds the fire ,
- go from bad worse ,
- goes from bad to worse ,
- goes from bad worse ,
- going from bad to worse ,
- going from bad worse ,
- heating up ,
- hits on ,
- hitting on ,
- push one button ,
- push ones button ,
- pushed button ,
- pushed one button ,
- pushed one's button ,
- pushed ones button ,
- pushes button ,
- pushes one button ,
- pushes one's button ,
- pushes ones button ,
- pushing button ,
- pushing one button ,
- pushing one's button ,
- pushing ones button ,
- rattle cage ,
- rattle one cage ,
- rattle ones cage ,
- rattled cage ,
- rattled one cage ,
- rattled one's cage ,
- rattled ones cage ,
- rattles cage ,
- rattles one cage ,
- rattles one's cage ,
- rattles ones cage ,
- rattling cage ,
- rattling one cage ,
- rattling one's cage ,
- rattling ones cage ,
- rub salt a wound ,
- rub salt wound ,
- rubbed salt a wound ,
- rubbed salt in a wound ,
- rubbed salt in wound ,
- rubbed salt wound ,
- rubbing salt a wound ,
- rubbing salt in a wound ,
- rubbing salt in wound ,
- rubbing salt wound ,
- rubs salt a wound ,
- rubs salt in a wound ,
- rubs salt in wound ,
- rubs salt wound ,
- went from bad to worse ,
- went from bad worse .
- Overdrew ,
- blew out of proportion ,
- blew out proportion ,
- blow out proportion ,
- blowing out of proportion ,
- blowing out proportion ,
- blows out of proportion ,
- blows out proportion ,
- co loring ,
- co-loring ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- go extremes ,
- goes extremes ,
- goes to extremes ,
- going extremes ,
- going to extremes ,
- laid it on thick ,
- laid it thick ,
- laid thick ,
- lay it thick ,
- lay thick ,
- laying it thick ,
- laying on thick ,
- laying thick ,
- lays it on thick ,
- lays it thick ,
- lays on thick ,
- lays thick ,
- loud talked ,
- loud talking ,
- loud talks ,
- made too much of ,
- makes too much of ,
- making too much of ,
- mis quote ,
- mis quoted ,
- mis quotes ,
- mis quoting ,
- mis report ,
- mis reported ,
- mis reporting ,
- mis reports ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-quote ,
- mis-quoted ,
- mis-quotes ,
- mis-quoting ,
- mis-reported ,
- mis-reporting ,
- mis-reports ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- misreports ,
- over did ,
- over does ,
- over doing ,
- over done ,
- over draw ,
- over drawing ,
- over drawn ,
- over draws ,
- over drew ,
- over emphasize ,
- over emphasized ,
- over emphasizes ,
- over emphasizing ,
- over estimate ,
- over estimated ,
- over estimates ,
- over estimating ,
- over-did ,
- over-does ,
- over-doing ,
- over-draw ,
- over-drawing ,
- over-drawn ,
- over-draws ,
- over-drew ,
- over-emphasized ,
- over-emphasizes ,
- over-emphasizing ,
- over-estimated ,
- over-estimates ,
- over-estimating ,
- overdraws ,
- prettied up ,
- pretties up ,
- prettying up ,
- went extremes ,
- went to extremes .
- ex tolled ,
- ex tolling ,
- ex-tolled ,
- ex-tolling ,
- paid homage to ,
- paid tribute to ,
- payed homage to ,
- payed tribute to ,
- paying homage to ,
- paying tribute to ,
- pays homage to ,
- pays tribute to ,
- set pedestal ,
- sets on pedestal ,
- sets pedestal ,
- setting on pedestal ,
- setting pedestal ,
- sub lime ,
- sub limed ,
- sub limes ,
- sub liming ,
- sub-lime ,
- sub-limed ,
- sub-limes ,
- sub-liming ,
- trans figure ,
- trans figured ,
- trans figures ,
- trans figuring ,
- trans-figure ,
- trans-figured ,
- trans-figures ,
- trans-figuring ,
- up rear ,
- up reared ,
- up rearing ,
- up rears ,
- up-rear ,
- up-reared ,
- up-rearing ,
- up-rears .
- de light ,
- de lighted ,
- de lighting ,
- de lights ,
- de-light ,
- de-lighted ,
- de-lighting ,
- de-lights ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- ex cite ,
- ex cited ,
- ex cites ,
- ex citing ,
- ex-cite ,
- ex-cited ,
- ex-cites ,
- ex-citing ,
- in cite ,
- in cites ,
- in duce ,
- in duces ,
- in-cite ,
- in-cited ,
- in-duce ,
- in-duces ,
- touched off ,
- touches off ,
- wakes up .
- in form ,
- in forming ,
- in forms ,
- in spire ,
- in spired ,
- in spires ,
- in spiring ,
- in spirit ,
- in spirited ,
- in spiriting ,
- in-forming ,
- in-forms ,
- in-spire ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spires ,
- in-spiring ,
- in-spirit ,
- in-spirited ,
- in-spiriting ,
- in-spirits .
- dis tend ,
- dis tended ,
- dis tending ,
- dis tends ,
- dis-tend ,
- dis-tended ,
- dis-tending ,
- dis-tends ,
- in crease ,
- in creased ,
- in creases ,
- in creasing ,
- in-crease ,
- in-creased ,
- in-creases ,
- in-creasing ,
- marks up ,
- pro long ,
- pro longing ,
- pro longs ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-long ,
- pro-longed ,
- pro-longing ,
- pro-longs ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- slapping on ,
- tacked on ,
- tacking on ,
- tacks on .
- firing up ,
- in cense ,
- in censed ,
- in censes ,
- in censing ,
- in flame ,
- in flamed ,
- in flaming ,
- in-cense ,
- in-censed ,
- in-censes ,
- in-censing ,
- in-flame ,
- in-flamed ,
- in-flames ,
- in-flaming ,
- steams up .
- rub salt in to the wound ,
- rub salt in to wound ,
- rub salt into wound ,
- rubbed salt in to the wound ,
- rubbed salt in to wound ,
- rubbed salt into the wound ,
- rubbed salt into wound ,
- rubbing salt in to the wound ,
- rubbing salt in to wound ,
- rubbing salt into the wound ,
- rubbing salt into wound ,
- rubs salt in to the wound ,
- rubs salt in to wound ,
- rubs salt into the wound ,
- rubs salt into wound ,
- twist knife in the wound ,
- twist knife in wound ,
- twist knife the wound ,
- twist knife wound ,
- twist the knife in wound ,
- twist the knife the wound ,
- twist the knife wound ,
- twisted knife in the wound ,
- twisted knife in wound ,
- twisted knife the wound ,
- twisted knife wound ,
- twisted the knife in the wound ,
- twisted the knife in wound ,
- twisted the knife the wound ,
- twisted the knife wound ,
- twisting knife in the wound ,
- twisting knife in wound ,
- twisting knife the wound ,
- twisting knife wound ,
- twisting the knife in the wound ,
- twisting the knife in wound ,
- twisting the knife the wound ,
- twisting the knife wound ,
- twists knife in the wound ,
- twists knife in wound ,
- twists knife the wound ,
- twists knife wound ,
- twists the knife in the wound ,
- twists the knife in wound ,
- twists the knife the wound ,
- twists the knife wound .
- congressing ,
- fetched up ,
- fetches up ,
- fetching up ,
- goosed up ,
- gooses up ,
- goosing up ,
- jumped up ,
- jumping up ,
- jumps up ,
- ran up ,
- running up ,
- send through roof ,
- sending through roof ,
- sending through the roof ,
- sends through roof ,
- sends through the roof ,
- sent through roof ,
- sent through the roof ,
- shoots up .
- go through roof ,
- goes through roof ,
- goes through the roof ,
- going through roof ,
- moves up ,
- moving up ,
- speeds up ,
- stacks up ,
- went through roof ,
- went through the roof .
- asked for it ,
- asking for it ,
- asks for it ,
- be stir ,
- be stirred ,
- be stirring ,
- be stirs ,
- be-stir ,
- be-stirred ,
- be-stirring ,
- be-stirs ,
- gat going ,
- gets going ,
- gotten going ,
- in nervate ,
- in nerve ,
- in nerved ,
- in nerves ,
- in nerving ,
- in-nervate ,
- in-nerve ,
- in-nerved ,
- in-nerves ,
- in-nerving ,
- innervated ,
- innervates ,
- innervating ,
- innerves ,
- keying up ,
- keys up ,
- making waves .
Other synonyms:
- bolster ,
- reinforcement .
- firm up ,
- invigorate ,
- stiffen .
- reinforce .
- turn up .
- surge .
- firm .
- bring out .
Other relevant words:
- Agglomerating ,
- Bestirred ,
- Bestirring ,
- Conglomerated ,
- Conglomerating ,
- Evolved ,
- Focalized ,
- Focalizing ,
- Haloed ,
- Haloing ,
- Impassion ,
- Innerve ,
- Innerved ,
- Innerving ,
- Massing ,
- Meditated ,
- Revering ,
- Riveted ,
- Subliming ,
- Widened ,
- accent ,
- agglomerated ,
- aggrandize ,
- aggravate ,
- amplify ,
- ask for it ,
- augment ,
- be engrossed in ,
- bestir ,
- bestirs ,
- brighten ,
- bring to a focus ,
- bring together ,
- bringing together ,
- brings together ,
- brood over ,
- brought together ,
- build ,
- build up ,
- center ,
- close on ,
- compound ,
- concenter ,
- concentrate ,
- congressed ,
- consider closely ,
- converge upon ,
- crack one's brains ,
- deepen ,
- develop ,
- direct attention ,
- draw together ,
- drawing together ,
- elevate ,
- embitter ,
- embodies ,
- enhance ,
- enhanced ,
- enriches ,
- enthuse ,
- enthuses ,
- enthusing ,
- escalate ,
- exacerbate ,
- exaggerate ,
- exalt ,
- excite ,
- expand ,
- fan the flames ,
- feed the fire ,
- fetch up ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- fires up ,
- fix attention ,
- fixate ,
- flesh out ,
- fleshed out ,
- fleshing out ,
- flowered ,
- focalize ,
- focalizes ,
- focus attention ,
- forgather ,
- forgathered ,
- forgathering ,
- forgathers ,
- gather ,
- gathering ,
- get going ,
- get on the beam ,
- get to meat ,
- get to the meat ,
- getting going ,
- give attention ,
- giving attention ,
- glorify ,
- go from bad to worse ,
- go through the roof ,
- go up ,
- goes up ,
- going through the roof ,
- going up ,
- goose up ,
- goosed ,
- gooses ,
- goosing ,
- got going ,
- hammer away at ,
- heap up ,
- heaping up ,
- heat up ,
- heated up ,
- heats up ,
- hike up ,
- hit on ,
- hyped ,
- in flames ,
- in spirits ,
- increase ,
- inflame ,
- inflate ,
- innervate ,
- intoxicate ,
- intoxicates ,
- irritate ,
- jack up ,
- jump up ,
- key up ,
- keyed up ,
- make complex ,
- make intricate ,
- make waves ,
- make worse ,
- makes waves ,
- medialize ,
- mount ,
- mounting ,
- move up ,
- moved up ,
- multiply ,
- occupy thoughts ,
- pad ,
- pay homage to ,
- pay tribute to ,
- piggyback ,
- piggybacking ,
- piggybacks ,
- pile up ,
- piled up ,
- piles up ,
- piling up ,
- pour it on ,
- pour on ,
- push one's button ,
- put mind to ,
- rack brains ,
- rack one's brains ,
- raise ,
- rattle one's cage ,
- redouble ,
- rise ,
- rise in value ,
- rivet ,
- rivets ,
- rose ,
- rouse ,
- rousing ,
- rub salt in a wound ,
- rub salt in wound ,
- rub salt into the wound ,
- run up ,
- runs up ,
- send through the roof ,
- set on pedestal ,
- shoot up ,
- shooting up ,
- shot up ,
- soup up ,
- souped up ,
- sped up ,
- speed up ,
- speeded up ,
- speeding up ,
- stack up ,
- stacked up ,
- stacking up ,
- steam up ,
- steamed up ,
- steaming up ,
- step up ,
- strengthen ,
- stretch ,
- sublimed ,
- sublimes ,
- swell ,
- swelled ,
- tag on ,
- think hard ,
- transfigure ,
- twist the knife in the wound ,
- upsurged ,
- upsurging ,
- went up ,
- woken ,
- zero in ,
- zeroed in .
- draw attention to ,
- drawing attention to ,
- highlighted ,
- highlighting ,
- highlights ,
- stress ,
- under-lining .
- buff up ,
- buffs up ,
- grow sunny ,
- illuminating ,
- light up ,
- lighted up ,
- lit up ,
- punch up ,
- spiff up ,
- spiffed up .
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- Misreport ,
- Overdrawing ,
- Overdrawn ,
- Romanced ,
- Romancing ,
- blow out of proportion ,
- go to extremes ,
- laid on thick ,
- lay it on thick ,
- lay on thick ,
- laying it on thick ,
- loud talk ,
- make too much of ,
- mis-report ,
- misquote ,
- misquotes ,
- misreported ,
- misreporting ,
- over-emphasize ,
- over-estimate ,
- overdo ,
- overdraw ,
- overemphasize ,
- overemphasized ,
- overemphasizes ,
- overemphasizing ,
- overestimate ,
- overestimated ,
- overestimates ,
- overestimating ,
- pretty up ,
- romance ,
- scammed ,
- scamming .
- foment ,
- stir up ,
- stirred up ,
- stirring up ,
- stirs up ,
- touch off ,
- touching off ,
- wake up ,
- waked up ,
- waking up ,
- woke up ,
- work up .
- Tripled ,
- mark up ,
- marked up ,
- marking up ,
- slap on ,
- slapped on ,
- snowball ,
- tack on ,
- teem ,
- triple ,
- triples ,
- tripling .
- boom .
- -ify ,
- accentuate ,
- accretion ,
- accumulate ,
- accumulative ,
- ascending ,
- balloon ,
- blaze ,
- boost ,
- build-up ,
- bump ,
- crank ,
- creep ,
- creep up ,
- crescendo ,
- emphasise ,
- en- ,
- explode ,
- explosion ,
- explosive ,
- fade ,
- fade (sth) in ,
- fan ,
- fester ,
- fuel ,
- gain ,
- gear ,
- go ,
- grow ,
- growing ,
- heighten ,
- hot ,
- hot up ,
- increment ,
- jump ,
- leap ,
- lift ,
- magnify ,
- maximize ,
- mission creep ,
- mount up ,
- mushroom ,
- orbit ,
- pile ,
- pile (sth) up ,
- proliferate ,
- pump ,
- push ,
- quicken ,
- rack ,
- ramp ,
- ratchet ,
- rocket ,
- scale ,
- shoot ,
- soar ,
- speed-up ,
- spike ,
- spurt ,
- stake ,
- step ,
- supersize ,
- temperature ,
- the stratosphere ,
- up ,
- upsurge .
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How to use "Intensify" in context?
Intensify is to make stronger or more intense. It can also refer to the action of making something stronger or more intense through activities such as heating or cooling. The word intensification can also be used to describe the process of making something standing out or more visible.
Paraphrases for Intensify:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
intensified, intensifying, redouble.
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Proper noun, singular
intensification, intensified, intensifying, redouble, intensifies.
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Noun, singular or mass
intensification, intensifying.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
enhance, further, redoubled, Heightened, stepped-up.
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Proper noun, singular
enhance.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
scaling-up.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Intensify:
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detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
