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augment

[awg-ment, awg-ment] / ɔgˈmɛnt, ˈɔg mɛnt /
VERB
make greater; improve
Synonyms
STRONGEST
add to amplify boost build up develop enhance enlarge expand heighten inflate intensify multiply reinforce strengthen
STRONG
aggrandize build compound extend grow increase magnify mount pad piggyback progress raise sweeten swell
WEAK
beef up tag on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abridge compress condense contract curtail decrease discourage halt hurt lessen lower reduce shorten shrink undermine weaken
STRONG
decline demolish depress destroy diminish drop raze stop uncomplicate
WEAK
degrade

Usage

What are other ways to say augment? Augment, a somewhat formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work). To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions.

Example Sentences

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“Institutional investors have been here for a couple years already,” said Noel Moldvai, the CEO of pre-IPO investment platform Augment.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

A main character in "Star Trek: Prodigy," Dal R'El, only finds out he's an Augment well into adulthood, but that still places his status at risk.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

Augment, if you wish, with a bowl of cherries, nectarines and peaches.

From New York Times • May 27, 2022

I was in the midst of a “beginner” experience at Augment VR Arcade, a new virtual reality arcade embedded in Flash, a nightclub in Washington.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2017

Augment my sorrows and my lamentations; aid me to weep till thou seest wonders from the discharge of my eyelids.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert

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