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Synonyms for enhance

19 synonyms
6 antonyms
1 meaning

verb

Most common

improve heighten enrich augment

All synonyms

Verb

1. Improve

improve, heighten, enrich, augment, increase, elevate, raise, aggravate, enlarge, advance, swell

Other

optimize, optimalise UK, optimise UK, perfect, meliorate, sophisticate, snazz up informal US, embetter

Antonyms

reduce, debase, abate

All antonyms of enhance →

Definitions

v. 1
To augment or make something greater.

Related words

Word family: enhancement enhancer enhancive

Forms

Past participle: enhanced
e.g. enhanced → improved, heightened, enriched, augmented…

Example sentences

improve This app will help you improve your English level.
enrich Reading books can enrich your mind and your soul.
augment Jugurtha sought to augment his power.
optimize Basically, he's using algorithms to optimize data.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
enhance		rising
improve		steady
enrich		steady
augment		steady
heighten		steady
optimize		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: raise¹, swell¹
6 letters: enrich²
7 letters: perfect², improve², advance², elevate³, augment², enlarge²
8 letters: increase², optimize³, heighten², optimise, embetter
9 letters: aggravate³, meliorate
10 letters: optimalise
12 letters: sophisticate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enrich² = 2 syllables).