8.1.4.2 Increase

Use this domain for words related to something increasing in number or amount--to be more than before.

Louw Nida Codes: 
59G Increase, Decrease
  • What words refer to something increasing in number or amount?
    increase, go up, rise, grow, climb, gain, escalate, pick up, improve, widen, augment, expand,
  • What words describe something that is increasing in number or amount?
    increasing, rising, growing, mounting, escalating, expanding, more and more, cumulative,
  • What words refer to increasing a lot?
    multiply, double, treble, quadruple, proliferate, snowball,
  • What words refer to increasing very quickly?
    shoot up, soar, rocket, go through the roof, spiral, take off, jump,
  • What words refer to increasing slowly?
    accumulate, build up, pile up, collect, gather, mount up,
  • What words refer to causing something to increase?
    increase (vt), raise, put up, push up, drive up, force up, boost, maximize,
  • What words refer to increasing something by adding to it?
    add to, strengthen, swell, augment, supplement,
  • What words refer to increasing what a machine is doing?
    turn up,
  • What words refer to an increase in number or amount?
    increase (n), growth, rise, raise, build-up, upturn, hike, increment, proliferation, addition, supplement,
  • What words refer to a large increase?
    leap, surge, explosion, boom, jump,
  • What words indicate that something happens or someone does something more than before?
    increasingly, gain ground, get more and more, become more and more, grow in, gain in,
  • What words describe something that someone is doing or feeling more than before?
    increased, heightened, greater, higher,