supplementing

Boosting with extras

Supplementing is adding to something to enhance or complete it.

You might be supplementing your income with a side job, or supplementing your diet with vitamins.

The word implies the original thing exists but benefits from addition: She's supplementing the textbook with online resources.

boosting

enhancing

Increasing quality or value

fortifying · reinforcing · elevating · intensifying · enriching · improving · increasing · expanding · extending · upgrading

nutrition

vitamins

Essential organic nutrients

antioxidants · fiber · calcium · iron · magnesium · zinc · electrolytes · multivitamins · whey · collagen

complementing

balancing

Achieving equal distribution

supporting · pairing · accompanying · integrating · aligning · synergizing · coordinating · counterbalancing · bridging

education

tutoring

Individual academic guidance

enrichment · after-school

adding

incorporating

Adding as a component

integrating · attaching · embedding · annexing · grafting · splicing · infusing · injecting · introducing · combining

income

freelancing

Self-directed contract work

overtime · hustle · contracting · stipend

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Opposites
addition vs. removal

supplementingsubtracting

Removing quantity from another

depleting · removing · taking away · withdrawing · draining

enhancement vs. replacement

supplementingreplacing

Putting a substitute in

substituting · supplanting · displacing · superseding · exchanging

augmentation vs. reduction

supplementingreducing

Making less or smaller

diminishing · lessening · curtailing · cutting back · downsizing

Family

supplement, supplements, supplementary, supplemented, supplementation

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