augmenting

Making something greater

Augmenting is adding to something to make it larger, stronger, or more effective.

You might augment your income with a side job, or augment a team by hiring specialists.

In technical contexts, augmented reality overlays digital information onto the physical world: The app augments your view with navigation arrows.

The word implies enhancement rather than mere addition.

amplifying

boost

Upward push or increase

intensifyIncrease in degree
magnifyIncrease perceived size
escalateIncrease in severity

elevate · heighten · strengthen · reinforce · multiply · deepen · broaden · widen · expand · inflate

technological

cyborg

Organic-mechanical hybrid entity

bionicMechanically augmented human
prostheticManufactured body substitute
implantDevice placed inside tissue

exoskeleton · wearable · neural · integration · human-machine · enhancement · modification · upgrade · transhumanism · assistive

enhancing

improve

Raise in quality

upgradeRaise to higher standard
refineRemove impurities from
enrichImprove by adding value

optimize · advance · polish · perfect · embellish · develop · ameliorate · better · elaborate · extend

Categories

amplifyingboosting, magnifying, intensifying, heightening, strengthening
data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
explainingexplaining, clarifying, elaborating, elucidating, expounding
adding wordssumming, totaling, plus, sum, addition
business buzzwordsbrainstorming, breakthrough, design thinking, scaling, pitching

Opposites

size/quantity change

augmentingdecreasing

Becoming smaller or fewer

diminishing · reducing · lessening · lowering · shrinking

enhancement vs. degradation

augmentingdegrading

Lowering in worth

weakening · impairing · diminishing · undermining · debilitating

expansion vs. contraction

augmentingabridging

Making shorter, less complete

curtailing · contracting · narrowing · trimming · truncating

Family

augment, augmentation, augmented, augments, augmentations, augmentative

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G