AUGMENTS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

augments

verb

present tense third-person singular of augment

as in increases

to make greater in size, amount, or number our volleyball team was augmented by some of the exchange team's players

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Recent Examples of augments That’s the process of a centaur, who gets to choose and direct the technology that augments his work. — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Technology that augments humans spreads prosperity, but technology built to imitate and substitute for them concentrates it. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026 Johnny Moreno’s video and projection design artfully augments the production’s imaginative world. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026 The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026 That turns the chatbot from a substitute for care into something that augments the therapeutic alliance between you and your care team. — Sudheesha Perera, Time, 6 May 2026 Any presence on the interior that augments the pass rush would be welcome, no matter the primary position. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 The Advanced tier is perfect for mid-level and large companies, which further augments your accounting department with Excel data sync capabilities along with backup and restore functionality. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026

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Leaders should ask whether a new location grows the customer base, deepens existing relationships, or increases purchase frequency or spending enough to offset channel substitution.

— Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
But the price of doing so is constantly rising, as technology increases the range and magnitude of horrible possibilities.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of increases

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This new effort expands on individual airline trials to try mitigating contrails across an entire flight corridor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Under the new partnership, the companies will work together to develop, finance and produce original features, formalizing an ongoing creative relationship as Watch This Ready expands its slate across independent and studio-backed projects.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of expands

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Flora started as a set of professional tools for creatives that accelerates workflows by combining top AI text, image, and video models.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
While rising college-going rates helped university entrants grow to 640,000 over that period, the government projects that number will fall to about 510,000 by 2040 as demographic decline accelerates.

— Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of accelerates

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Nvidia typically provides financial backing to help AI partners raise debt, which boosts Nvidia's chip revenue as the nature of such deals has ginned up concerns over concentrated risk in the technology sector.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Diversification boosts profits and spreads risk, reducing dependence on any single commodity or corridor.

— Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of boosts

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The trend even extends into non-League, where a tournament consisting of 45-minute games, the A23 Cup, was scheduled to take place between Slough Town, Hayes and Yeading United and Marlow Town in July.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Tropical storms approaching Hawaii typically hit cooler ocean temperatures before reaching the islands, but Lala will remain over warmer waters due to an ongoing marine heatwave that extends to California and a developing Super El Niño.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of extends

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While designers and merchants remain in control of strategic decisions, AI enhances their expertise by analyzing demand signals, surfacing insights and recommending actions that humans can evaluate.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Peters has been open about his substance use, arguing that his particular pharmaceutical regimen enhances his productivity and cognitive capabilities.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

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