Synonyms of the word

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).

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.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

alteration

• n. The act of altering or making different.
• n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

amount

• n. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard…
• n. A quantity or volume.
• n. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
• v. (intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
• v. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

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…

growth

• n. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
• n. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
• n. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
• n. (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

increment

• n. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
• n. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
• n. The amount of increase.
• n. (rhetoric) An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever…
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

modification

• n. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.
• n. an alteration or adjustment to something.
• n. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
• n. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
• n. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in…

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.

step-up

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