Synonyms of the word addition


ADDITIONACCESSION - ACQUISITION - ADD-ON - COMPONENT - CONSTITUENT - ELEMENT - GAIN - IMPROVER - INCREASE - PLUS - STEP-UP - SUBURB - SUBURBIA - SUMMATION

addition

  • n. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
  • n. Anything that is added.
  • n. (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
  • n. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
  • n. (law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.",…
  • n. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

accession

  • n. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
  • n. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
  • n. (law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition…
  • n. (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
  • n. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
  • n. (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
  • n. Agreement.
  • n. Access; admittance.
  • v. (transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).

acquisition

  • n. The act or process of acquiring.
  • n. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
  • n. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting…

add-on

  • n. Something which can be appended to something else.
  • n. (computer hardware, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions…
  • n. (poker) Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play.

component

  • n. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part…
  • adj. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
  • adj. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

constituent

  • adj. Being a part, or component of a whole.
  • adj. Authorized to make a constitution.
  • n. A part, or component of a whole.
  • n. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
  • n. A resident of a place represented by an elected official.
  • n. (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
  • n. (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.

element

  • n. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution…
  • n. A small part of the whole.
  • n. (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
  • n. A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
  • n. (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
  • n. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
  • n. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating…
  • n. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching…

gain

  • prep. (obsolete) Against.
  • adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
  • adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
  • adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
  • adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
  • adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
  • adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
  • adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
  • n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
  • n. What is gained.
  • n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
  • v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
  • v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
  • v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
  • v. (transitive) To increase.
  • v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
  • v. (transitive) To reach.
  • v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
  • v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
  • v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
  • n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…

improver

  • n. Something that, or someone who, improves something.
  • n. (obsolete) Specifically, a person who improves land or property, a landscaper.
  • n. One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
  • n. A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).

increase

  • v. (intransitive) (of a quantity) To become larger.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
  • v. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
  • v. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
  • n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  • n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
  • n. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

plus

  • conj. sum of the previous one and the following one.
  • conj. (colloquial) with; having in addition.
  • conj. and also; in addition.
  • n. A positive quantity.
  • n. An asset or useful addition.
  • n. (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.
  • adj. Being positive rather than negative or zero.
  • adj. Positive, or involving advantage.
  • adj. (physics) Electrically positive.
  • v. (informal) To add; to subject to addition.
  • v. (often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
  • v. To improve.
  • v. To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
  • v. (sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
  • v. (psychology) To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
  • v. (social media) To give a mark of approval on Google+.
  • v. (homeopathy) To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
  • v. (optometry) To increase a correction.

step-up

  • adj. That increases in stages.
  • adj. (of a transformer etc) That increases a voltage.

suburb

  • n. A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that…
  • n. (by extension) The outer part; the environment.
  • n. (Australia, New Zealand) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

suburbia

  • n. The suburbs and all that pertains to or characterizes them; the suburbs as represented or encapsulated…

summation

  • n. A summarization.
  • n. (mathematics): An adding up of a series of items.

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