upsizes

Makes it bigger

Upsizes means increases in size, scale, or quantity.

The term appears most often in fast food contexts, where to upsize is to order a larger portion: Would you like to upsize your meal?

More broadly, it describes any scaling up: The company upsized its workforce after the merger.

The opposite of downsizes.

scaling

enlarges

Increases dimensions of

magnifies · amplifies · escalates · extends · stretches · widens · broadens · supersizes · inflates · multiplies

portioning

supersizes

Increases to extreme size

  • grandeCafé's medium serving
  • ventiCoffee chain's largest standard
  • largeOf great size

extra-large · jumbo · mega · double · triple · combo · value meal · bulk · wholesale

upgrading

improves

Gets better gradually

elevates · modernizes · refines · optimizes · overhauls · revamps · updates · renovates · refurbishes · betters

Opposites
size change direction

upsizesdownsizes

Reduces size or scope

shrinks · reduces · scales down · decreases · scales back

Family

upsize, upsizing, upsized

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