Synonyms of the word

aggrandisement

• n. (Britain, rare) Alternative form of aggrandizement.

aggrandizement

• n. The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth;…

elevation

• n. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons,…
• n. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
• n. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
• n. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between…
• n. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
• n. The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle…
• n. (architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the…
• n. (Christianity) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.

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).

step-up

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