Synonyms of the word

intensify

• v. (transitive) To render more intense.
• v. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

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.

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.

compound

• n. an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
• n. a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
• adj. composed of elements; not simple.
• adj. (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
• n. Anything made by combining several things.
• n. (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination elements.
• n. (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by…
• n. (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed…
• v. (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
• v. (transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
• v. (transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something…
• v. (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
• v. (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
• v. (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
• v. (transitive) To worsen a situation.

deepen

• v. To make deep or deeper.
• v. To make darker or more intense; to darken.
• v. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree.
• v. To make lower in tone.
• v. To make more thorough or extensive.
• v. To make more intimate.
• v. To make more sound or heavy.
• v. (intransitive) To become deeper.
• v. (intransitive) To become darker or more intense.
• v. (intransitive) To become lower in tone.
• v. (intransitive) To become more thorough or extensive.
• v. (intransitive) To become more intimate.
• v. (intransitive) To become more sound or heavy.

escalate

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
• v. (transitive) In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of…

heighten

• v. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
• v. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.

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).

modify

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