Word Type

Adjective

Verb

Noun

Adjective

The word "increasing" can be used as adjective, verb, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

decreasing decreasing

Derived Terms

increasing function increasing term assurance increasingly monotonic increasing non-increasing nonincreasing strictly increasing strictly increasing function superincreasing unincreasing

Derived From

increase

Inflected/Variant Forms

increase

Context

knitting music

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

ever-increasing

Related Terms

increase

Similar Terms

accelerando accelerando accelerative accelerative acceleratory accretionary accretionary accretive accretive augmentative augmentative crescendo crescendo incorporative incorporative maximising maximising maximizing multiplicative multiplicative profit maximising profit-maximising profit-maximizing progressive progressive raising raising

Synonym Network

growing

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