heighten
English Thesaurus
1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | increase, |
| definition | : | become bigger or greater in amount (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | fan, |
| definition | : | make (an emotion) fiercer (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | amplify, |
| definition | : | increase the volume of (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | sharpen, |
| definition | : | make crisp or more crisp and precise (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | heighten, sharpen, |
| definition | : | make (one's senses) more acute (verb.change) |
2. increase (verb.change)
| hyponym | : | potentiate, |
| definition | : | increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon) (verb.change) |
3. make (one's senses) more acute (verb.change)
4. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity (verb.change)
5. increase the height of (verb.motion)
6. make more intense, stronger, or more marked (verb.change)
| derivation | : | intensification, |
| definition | : | action that makes something stronger or more extreme (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | intensity, intensiveness, |
| definition | : | high level or degree; the property of being intense (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | intensifier, intensive, |
| definition | : | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies (noun.communication) |
7. increase (verb.change)
8. become more extreme (verb.change)
| derivation | : | rise, |
| definition | : | a growth in strength or number or importance (noun.event) |
9. make more intense, stronger, or more marked (verb.change)
| derivation | : | intensification, |
| definition | : | action that makes something stronger or more extreme (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | intensity, intensiveness, |
| definition | : | high level or degree; the property of being intense (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | intensifier, intensive, |
| definition | : | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies (noun.communication) |
10. increase (verb.change)
11. become more extreme (verb.change)
| derivation | : | rise, |
| definition | : | a growth in strength or number or importance (noun.event) |
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