more and more

In growing amounts

More and more indicates increasing quantity, intensity, or frequency over time.

The phrase emphasizes gradual but continuing change: More and more people are working from home.

It can modify verbs (She visits more and more) or adjectives (The situation grew more and more complicated).

The repetition suggests accumulation without a clear endpoint.

increase

increasingly

To a greater extent

mounting · expanding · accumulating · multiplying · rising · intensifying · accelerating · building · amplifying · heightening

frequency

repeatedly

Many times over

regularly · habitually · persistently · recurrently · successively · incessantly · routinely · steadily · unfailingly · perpetually

Opposites
direction of change

more and moreless and less

In diminishing amounts

decreasingly · declining · diminishing · decreasing · diminishingly

rate of accumulation

more and moreless and less

In diminishing amounts

not at all · plateauing · leveling off · stabilizing · never

Family

more, moreish

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G