INCREASES Synonyms: 162 Similar and Opposite Words

increases 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of increase

as in expands

to make greater in size, amount, or number we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive

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as in rises

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s

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increases

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noun

plural of increase

as in boosts

something added (as by growth) shortly after he turned 12, he had a sudden height increase

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as in accumulations

the act or process of becoming greater in number the increase in the number of students enrolled at the school was very gradual

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Recent Examples of increases

Verb

That’s harder to find in fashion these days, as the comparable speed of digital culture increases trend turnover and even algorithmic advertising struggles to keep up with what looking empirically cool means. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 While productivity increases dramatically, consumption often grows even faster. — Sudipto Dasgupta, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 However, unusually prolonged service in any position increases the possibility that illness, cognitive decline or death will lead to an unplanned and probably rocky transition. — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 And as their volume increases with each show, there are plenty who seem to be helplessly confused about what’s happening. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 When the switch is depressed, the capacitance between the conductive element and the capacitive sensor pad on the PCB beneath it increases as the conductive element moves closer to the sensor pad. — ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 That would come on top of the rate increases people typically see year to year. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 The Brooklyn Museum’s second contract guarantees annual raises and increases the minimum salaries for full-time positions to between $63,585 and $129,854, depending on position level. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Rain and the threat of coastal flooding are expected to create a soggy stretch across South Florida as tropical moisture increases shower and storm chances through the end of the week. — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Noun

Parker also said Boeing intends to maintain its focus on quality as production increases. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026 As the size of the villas increases, so too does the outdoor space. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 But researchers say even tiny increases to high prices still adds to the system’s cost. — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 That included measuring wage gaps, educating factories, testing approaches to wage increases and using Fair Trade premiums to provide additional financial benefits to workers. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 The general expectation on Wall Street is that the Federal Reserve will hike its main interest rate at least once by the end of the year in hopes of curbing the fast increases in the cost of living. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 The schools then call for tax levies to pay for the increases. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 De Haan said prices could continue to drop in many states, but some markets could see increases in the coming days. — Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Despite recent increases, the state pension is relatively ungenerous, though Britons do have good private pensions. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

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Verb

In April 2026, the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee found that advanced AI had not yet been adopted in a way that presented systemic risk but warned that risks could increase rapidly as deployment expands.

— Swati Deepak Kumar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The new law expands California’s definition of who is a resident under state sales tax law in an effort to weed out phony shell companies, making a company liable for state taxes when at least one member of the business is a California resident.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of expands

Verb

As the cost of petrochemical feedstocks for virgin synthetics rises by as much as 60 percent or more, the price difference between virgin and bio-based options is getting smaller.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
As atmospheric carbon rises to levels beyond precedent in human history and consequently raises the global temperature to levels unprecedented on the human scale, the importance of places where carbon is sequestered becomes ever greater.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of rises

Noun

There are odds boosts and parlay boosts from theScore Bet offered regularly.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Its exclusive coverage of the wild card round (which aired on ESPN and ABC from 2022 to ’25) will deliver boosts to the broadcast network and streaming flagship Peacock.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of boosts

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Communities are being asked to do more with less as climate change accelerates, and the skills needed to care for these places are being lost.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
This swelling warps the battery’s internal structure and accelerates degradation, making large-format cells unsafe and short-lived.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of accelerates

Verb

But when an event swells to the size of a city — the New York City Marathon had nearly 60,000 finishers last year — climate risk is no longer solely a personal matter.

— Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
There is an art to stylizing a position of interrogation in excess of its biomechanics, an art to how lockstep beats a cadence while a unit swells into an enveloping arc.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of swells

Noun

Entry-level employees in the museum store and security and facilities associates will receive raises of between 8 and 22 percent, retroactive to July 1.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Entry-level employees in the museum store will be given raises of between 8 and 22 percent, as will security and facilities staff.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of raises

Noun

The Rams' revamped defensive front will be shorthanded Sunday when Los Angeles faces the Philadelphia Eagles without its two most notable offseason additions.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Stock futures are flying after the September jobs report came in light on both payroll additions and wage growth.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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