Processes
Synonyms for increase
Synonyms for increase: growth and gain. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for increase
Interchangeable with increase in this sense
Audited under increase's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one increase carries in that sense.
- growthnoun, in the sense "a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name increase as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- gaingain is a noun in the sense "a quantity that is added"
one of these comes from increase's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
The increase in unemployment.
The true synonym
growth
Same sentence, swapped: The growth in unemployment.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for increase in the sentence quoted.
- decrease
- activity
- execution
Where increase turns up in the game
increase is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where increase is the trap
- actionnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is activity, in the sense "a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)", and increase is one of the three tiles that lose.
- numbernoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is figure, in the sense "the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals", with increase sitting one tile away.
- developmentnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is evolution, in the sense "a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)", with increase sitting one tile away.
- decreasenoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is lessening, in the sense "a change downward", and increase is on the board beside it.
Play increase
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so increase reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from processes at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. increase carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.