1. Become bigger or greater in amount
   "The amount of work increased"
    
2. Make bigger or more
   "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
    
3. Add something extra to make more intense or better
   "This will increase your enjoyment";
   - enhance, heighten, raise

1. A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
   "the increase in unemployment";
   - increment, growth
    
2. A change resulting in an increase
   "the increase is scheduled for next month"
    
3. A quantity that is added
   "there was an increase to property taxes this year";
   - addition, gain
    
4. The act of increasing something
   "he gave me an increase in salary";
   - step-up
    
5. The amount by which something increases
   "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare";
   - increment

Derived forms: increased, increases, increasing

Type of: alter, alteration, amount, change, change magnitude, change of magnitude, compound, deepen, heighten, indefinite quantity, intensify, modification, modify, physical process, process

Antonym: decrease

Encyclopedia: Increase