சொற்களஞ்சியக் கட்டுரை: an increase

These words are used to refer to the fact of something getting bigger in number, amount, level, or degree.

One of the most common words for this is increase.

The opposite of increase is decrease.

For more opposites of increase, see the article at decrease.

When talking about an increase in numbers, amounts, rates, or activities, you can use rise.

The opposite of rise is fall.

A gain or a boost is a positive increase in something.

A rapid increase can be called a jump, a leap, a surge, or a spike. Spike is often used to refer to a very high but temporary increase in something.

In business contexts you can talk about growth in sales, a market, etc. to refer to an increase in the size or importance of something. Growth is generally used in a positive way.

In business and economic contexts, an upturn or an upswing is an increase in the level of something, especially in economic figures.

The opposite of upturn is downturn. The opposite of upswing is downswing. These two words, like upturn and upswing, are often used in business or economic contexts.

A pickup is an increase or improvement in something to a previously high level after being low.