Increase

Verb

 * 1)  to become larger.
 * 2)  To make (a quantity) larger.

Noun

 * 1) An amount by which a quantity is increased.
 * 2) For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

Adjectives for Increase
unprecedented; unexampled; happy; subsequent; sharp; considerable; marked; progressive; definite; commensurate; concomitant; enormous; corresponding; apparent; abnormal; ultimate; prodigious; anticipated; rational; periodical; sporadic; inevitable; goodly; relative; imperceptible;

Verbs for Increase
anticipate—; calculate—; check—; cite—; compute—; decree—; derive — from; entitle to—; estimate—; occasion—; order—; promote—; rejoice in—; reward with—; stimulate—; urge—; welcome—; yield—; — cheers; —enthuses (colloquial).

Synonyms for Increase

 * go up, grow, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly)
 * increment, raise, up
 * gain, increment, raise, rise

Antonyms Increase

 * decrease, drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink
 * cut, decrease, decrement, lower, reduce
 * cut, decrease, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

Thesaurus
accession, accessory, accompaniment, accretion, accrue, accumulate, add to, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjunction, adjuvant, advance, affixation, agent provocateur, agglutination, aggrandize, aggrandizement, aggravate, aggravation, ampliation, amplification, amplify, anabasis, annex, annexation, annoy, annoyance, appanage, appendage, appendant, apportion, appreciate, appurtenance, appurtenant, ascension, ascent, attachment, augment, augmentation, balloon, beef up, better, bloat, blossom, blow up, boom, boost, breakthrough, breed, brew, broaden, broadening, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, burgeon, calibrate, calibrated, clamber, climb, climbing, coda, complement, compound, concomitant, contentiousness, continuation, corollary, count, crescendo, decrease, deepen, deepening, deliberate aggravation, deployment, deteriorate, deterioration, develop, developing, development, differentiate, dilate, dispersion, distend, divide, elevation, elongate, embitter, embittering, embitterment, enhance, enhancement, enlarge, enlargement, escalade, escalating, escalation, exacerbate, exacerbation, exalt, exasperate, exasperation, expand, expanding, expansion, extend, extension, extrapolation, fanning out, fatten, fill out, fix, fixture, flare, flourish, fortify, fountain, further, gain, gain strength, gains, gather, germinate, get ahead, go up, gradational, grade, gradual, graduate, graduated, greaten, grow, grow up, growing, growth, gush, gyring up, heat up, heighten, heightening, hierarchic, hike, hike up, hiking, hot up, huff, hypertrophy, improve, increasing, increment, inflate, inflation, inmate, intensification, intensify, irritate, irritation, jack up, jet, joining, jump, jump up, junction, juxtaposition, leap, lengthen, levitation, magnification, magnify, make acute, make worse, manifold, mature, maximize, measure, mount, mounting, multiple, multiplication, multiplication table, multiplier, multiply, multiplying, mushroom, number, offshoot, on the increase, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overtop, parcel, parlay, pendant, plus, prefixation, procreate, profits, progressive, proliferate, proliferating, proliferation, prolong, protract, provocation, provoke, puff, puff up, pullulate, pump, pump up, push, put up, pyramid, quantify, quantize, raise, raising, rarefy, rate, recruit, reduce, regular, reinforce, reinforcement, reproduce, rise, rising, rocketing up, run up, saltation, scalar, shade off, sharpen, sharpening, shoot up, shooting up, side effect, side issue, snowball, soaring, sour, souring, splay, spout, spread, spreading, spring, spring up, sprout, sprout up, spurt, strengthen, stretch, suffixation, sufflate, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplement, supplementation, surge, swarm, swell, tables, tailpiece, takeoff, taking off, teem, thicken, thrive, tower, tumefy, undergirding, uniting, up, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspear, upspring, upsprout, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, vegetate, vise, wax, waxing, widen, widening, winnings, worsen, worsening, zooming

Etymology
From <  <  increscere: < in: + crescere:.

Verb

 * Akkadian:
 * Bulgarian: нараствам
 * Catalan: augmentar
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pliiĝi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: αβγατίζω
 * Hindi: (baṛhnā)
 * Hungarian: nő, növekszik
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Nahuatl: timalla, timalloa
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: crește, mări, spori, urca
 * Russian: возрастать, возрасти ; увеличиваться, увеличиться
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: öka
 * Telugu: (perugu)
 * Turkish: artmak
 * Urdu: (baṛhnā)
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian:


 * Catalan: augmentar
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pliigi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hindi: (baṛhānā)
 * Hungarian: növel
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:


 * Latin: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , нарастить
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: öka
 * Telugu: పెంచు (penchu)
 * Turkish: arttırmak
 * Urdu: (baṛhānā)

Noun

 * Arabic: نزيد
 * German: ansteigen, anwachsen, erhöhen, steigen, steigern, vergrößern, wachsen, zunehmen
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: (baṛhāī)
 * Hungarian: növekmény, növekedés
 * Japanese: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: creștere, sporire, mărire
 * Russian:, ,
 * Telugu: పెంపు (pempu)
 * Turkish: artmak, büyümek, çoğalmak, gelişmek, kar etmek, yükselmek
 * Urdu: (baṛhāī)


 * Arabic:
 * Danish: stigning
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: (baṛhāī)


 * Hungarian: növekedés
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Telugu: పెంపు (pempu)
 * Turkish: artış, artma, büyüme, çoğalma, gelişme, kar, yükselme
 * Urdu: (baṛhāī)