Synonyms for amplification
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Noun
1. Increase — gain
development, increase, expansion, gain, elaboration, augmentation, extension, crescendo, enlargement, dilation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Gain.
Forms
- Plural
- amplifications → developments, increases, expansions, gains…
Example sentences
- augmentation Mary wants to undergo breast augmentation surgery.
- crescendo The overwhelming crescendo by the orchestra was exciting.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| amplification | rising | |
| augmentation | steady | |
| crescendo | rising | |
| elaboration | steady | |
| auxesis | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gain1
- 7 letters
- auxesis
- 8 letters
- increase2, dilation3
- 9 letters
- expansion3, extension3, crescendo3
- 11 letters
- development4, enlargement3, elaboration5
- 12 letters
- augmentation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (increase2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- amplification
- Italiano
- amplificazione