Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb augment
2 senses of augment
Sense 1
augment -- (enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East")
=> increase -- (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted")
Sense 2
augment -- (grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented")
=> grow -- (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast")
Antonyms of adj augmented
1 sense of augmented
Sense 1
augmented -- (added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; "his augmented renown"; "a greatly augmented collection of books")
INDIRECT (VIA increased) -> decreased, reduced -- (made less in size or amount or degree)
Similarity of adj augmented
1 sense of augmented
Sense 1
augmented -- (added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; "his augmented renown"; "a greatly augmented collection of books")
=> increased (vs. decreased) -- (made greater in size or amount or degree)