| Meaning | A process of becoming larger / larger or longer or more numerous or more important. |
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| Synonyms | increase, growth |
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| Narrower | accession | A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) |
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| accretion, accumulation | An increase / increase by natural growth or addition |
| accretion | (geology) an increase / increase / increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment |
| accretion | (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles |
| accretion | (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases |
| multiplication | A multiplicative increase / increase / increase / increase |
| population growth | increase / increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
| proliferation | A rapid increase / increase in number (especially a rapid increase / increase in the number of deadly weapons) |
| pullulation | A rapid and abundant increase / increase |
| relaxation | (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers |
| widening, broadening | An increase / increase / increase in width |
| Broader | process, physical process | A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
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| Opposite | decrease, decrement | A process of becoming smaller or shorter |
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| Spanish | aumento, crecida, crecimiento, incremento, multiplicación |
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| Catalan | acreixement, ascens, augment, creixement, creixença, engrandiment, incrementació, increment |
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| Adjectives | incremental | increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions |
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