increasing
Becoming more numerous
Increasing means growing larger, more numerous, or more intense.
What increases becomes greater over time: increasing temperatures, increasing demand, an increasing sense of dread.
The word often modifies nouns to suggest a trend: There's increasing evidence that the policy isn't working.
Increasingly is the adverb form, meaning to a growing degree: It's becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
Increasing or enlarging
- developingBecoming more advanced
- maturingDeveloping toward completion
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- expandingGrowing in scope
blooming · budding · sprouting · ripening · cultivating · nurturing · thriving · blossoming
Increasing in speed
- quickeningFirst felt fetal movement
- hasteningCausing to occur sooner
- speedingExceeding posted velocity limits
- rampingIncreasing by degrees
climbing · rising · ascending · soaring · skyrocketing · spiking · surging · shooting
Increasing in strength
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- deepeningBecoming more profound
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
magnifying · enhancing · boosting · elevating · concentrating · sharpening · reinforcing · fortifying
Gathering in increasing quantity
- accruingGradually increasing amount
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- addingJoining to increase
- gainingObtaining or increasing
acquiring · collecting · stockpiling · hoarding · aggregating · tallying · supplementing · augmenting
growing
Increasing or enlarging
- developingBecoming more advanced
- maturingDeveloping toward completion
- flourishingProspering vigorously
expanding · blooming · budding · sprouting · ripening · cultivating · nurturing · thriving · blossoming · emerging
accelerating
Increasing in speed
- quickeningFirst felt fetal movement
- hasteningCausing to occur sooner
- speedingExceeding posted velocity limits
ramping · climbing · rising · ascending · soaring · skyrocketing · spiking · surging · shooting · rocketing
intensifying
Increasing in strength
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- deepeningBecoming more profound
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
amplifying · magnifying · enhancing · boosting · elevating · concentrating · sharpening · reinforcing · fortifying · potentiating
accumulating
Gathering in increasing quantity
gaining · acquiring · collecting · stockpiling · hoarding · aggregating · tallying · supplementing · augmenting · expanding
more
Additional quantity
bigger · further · additional · extra · added · enhanced · elevated · raised · heightened · amplified
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, expansion
- wildlife statusendangered, extinct, vulnerable, threatened, rare species
- sequencessequence, arithmetic, series, geometric, progressions
- function propertiesdomain, range, continuity, derivative, limit
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- Going Upclimb, rise, rising, upward, soaring
increasingdecreasing
Becoming smaller or fewer
diminishing · declining · shrinking · dwindling · falling
increasingdecelerating
Decreasing in speed
slowing · decreasing · diminishing · rallentando · ritardando
increasingdepreciating
Decreasing in value
devaluing · depreciative · depreciatory · detractive · cheapening