augment

Meaning

Verb

1. To increase; to make larger or supplement.
2. To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4. To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
5. To add an augment to.

Noun

1. A grammatical prefix
2. A grammatical prefix
3. A grammatical prefix
4. An increase.

Synonyms

increase

enlarge

expand

raise

aggrandize

grow

magnify

add

amplify

add to

enhance

extend

accrue

multiply

rise

supplement

step up

swell

heighten

intensify

reinforce

mount

spread

attach

wax

widen

boost

develop

dilate

improve

stretch

stretch out

build up

thicken

increment

dilute

adjoin

unfold

unfurl

unroll

append

vegetate

escalate

anoint

bring up

elevate

broaden

reach

adulterate

advance

grease

propagate

promote

apply

scale up

smear

spread-eagle

spread out

repeat

🔁

replenish

run up

split

stem

stiffen

strengthen

suffix

throw in

reenforce

toss in

train

🚋

upgrade

bourgeon

bump up

grow larger

increase up

tack on

burgeon forth

tag on

add on

admix

affix

aggrandise

artful

attain

blend in

blow up

bolster

boom

💥

breed

bring

build

bulk

burgeon

check

complement

condition

cut in

discipline

distend

diversify

double

duplicate

educate

emphasize

establish

exaggerate

exasperate

foster

full

gain

gather

greaten

help

hide

insert

intensification

interlard

intersperse

keep

lace

layout

lay out

lengthen

make worse

move up

multiplication

pile up

procreate

produce

proliferate

promotion

put on

rear

redouble

redound

Hyphenated as

aug‧ment

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔːɡˈmɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).