increase
More than before
The verb increase (second syllable stressed) means to make or become larger: Planting too early increases the risk of a killing frost. The percentage of long-term unemployed increased dramatically during the recession.
The noun increase (first syllable stressed) denotes an instance, act, or process of making greater: Airlines saw a 14% increase in passengers last year.
The thing that increases is typically part of an in prepositional phrase; the rate of increase is usually in an of prepositional phrase.
Both, however, can follow the noun: a whopping 20% rent increase.
Sudden powerful increase
- spikeSharp rise or point
- soarAscend to heights
- skyrocketRise sharply and suddenly
- intensifyIncrease in degree
escalate · mount · swell · accelerate · heighten · amplify · magnify · balloon
Increase in size
- expandIncrease in size
- riseMove to higher position
- climbAscend using effort
- gainPositive return received
advance · progress · develop · flourish · thrive · mature · bloom · budding
Loud deep sound
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- affluenceAbundance of money
- plentySufficient quantity, and then some
profit · gain · fortune · riches · windfall · bonanza · surplus · bounty
Increase in number
exponential · twofold · threefold · hundredfold · manifold · factor · times · squared
Increase in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- boostUpward push or increase
- strengthenMake more robust
- reinforceAdd strength to something
enrich · refine · optimize · elevate · advance · better · uplift · augment
surge
Sudden powerful increase
intensify · escalate · mount · swell · accelerate · heighten · amplify · magnify · balloon · compound
grow
Increase in size
gain · advance · progress · develop · flourish · thrive · mature · bloom · budding · germination
boom
Loud deep sound
plenty · profit · gain · fortune · riches · windfall · bonanza · surplus · bounty · upswing
multiply
Increase in number
tenfold · exponential · twofold · threefold · hundredfold · manifold · factor · times · squared · cubed
enhance
Increase in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- boostUpward push or increase
- strengthenMake more robust
reinforce · enrich · refine · optimize · elevate · advance · better · uplift · augment · fortify
more
Additional quantity
- additionalBeyond the existing amount
- extraAdditional, beyond necessary
- addedIncluded as extra
greater · larger · higher · bigger · further · plus · supplement · extend · lengthen · widen
build-up
Gradual amassing over time
aggregate · stockpile · accretion · accrual · hoard · pile up · add up · compound · stack · tally
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, expansion
- build upaccumulate, amass, pile up, snowball, escalate
- homographsalternate, bass, bow, close, compound
- improveimprove, enhance, better, refine, upgrade
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- increasesrise, gain, boost, hike, jump
- price increaseRising cost of goods
- tax increaseRise in taxation
- rent increaseHigher tenant payment
- small increaseMinor rise in amount
- rapid increaseSwift upward change
- wage increaseHigher pay rate