enhance
Raise the quality
When you enhance something you make it better: The research team is dedicated to enhancing the quality of our products.
Enhancing something is generally perceived as good, but sometimes the word has slightly negative connotation, with the suggestion that the improvement is in appearance only, temporary, or insubstantial: The exercise was designed merely to enhance the philanthropic reputation of the couple.
The participle enhancing is used often today in the term performance-enhancing drugs to characterize substances used by athletes to gain an unfair advantage in competition.
Increase in strength
- augmentIncrease in size
- strengthenMake more robust
- intensifyIncrease in degree
- superchargeForce extra air in
turbocharge · elevate · heighten · upgrade · optimize · maximize · bolster · reinforce
Add decorative elements
- adornAdd beauty to
- beautifyMake more attractive
- garnishDecorative food topping
- ornamentThing that beautifies
elaborate · decorate · augment · deepen · enliven · illuminate · accentuate · highlight
Increase in degree
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- heightenIncrease in degree
- sharpenMake keener or finer
- accentuateTo give emphasis
deepen · stimulate · awaken · enliven · vivify · quicken · sensitize · attune
amplify
Increase in strength
- augmentIncrease in size
- strengthenMake more robust
- intensifyIncrease in degree
supercharge · turbocharge · elevate · heighten · upgrade · optimize · maximize · bolster · reinforce · empower
embellish
Add decorative elements
ornament · elaborate · decorate · augment · deepen · enliven · illuminate · accentuate · highlight · complement
intensify
Increase in degree
accentuate · deepen · stimulate · awaken · enliven · vivify · quicken · sensitize · attune · savor
polish
Smooth by rubbing
tweak · streamline · sharpen · calibrate · adjust · tailor · optimize · revise · edit · improve
retouch
Improve an image's appearance
brighten · saturate · contrast · edit · denoise · remaster · render · optimize · compress · Photoshop
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
- intensifyintensify, boost, amp up, amplify, escalate
- improvementget better, improvement, do better, make progress, improve
- innovateinnovate, modernize, revolutionize, transform, overhaul
- magnifyzoom in, magnify, enlarge, close-up, magnification
- flavor enhancerSubstance improving taste
- cosmetic enhancementAlteration for improved appearance
- mood enhancementImproving emotional state
- performance-enhancing drugsBanned athletic supplements
- male enhancementProducts increasing masculine attributes
- performance enhancersSubstances improving athletic ability
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