Synonyms for escalate
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
Violence escalated during the election.
Related words
- Word family
- escalator
Forms
- Past participle
- escalated
e.g. escalated → intensified, escalatored…
Example sentences
- intensify It is unavoidable that the fighting will intensify.
- escalator The sign indicates the location of the escalator.
By length
- 9 letters
- intensify4, escalator4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (intensify4 = 4 syllables).