Compound
Compound verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: we compounded our error by waiting too long to call for help
Raise and compound are semantically related in calculate topic. In some cases you can use "Raise" instead a verb "Compound".
Nearby Words: compounded, compounding
How words are described
| massive | massive compound | massive raise |
| large | large compound | large raise |
| big | big compound | big raise |
| new | new compound | new raise |
Common collocations
| girlfriend | compound girlfriend | raise girlfriend |
Both words in one sentence
- They live on a compound in the Arizona desert, are led by a corrupt man called Father Prophet, and raise children to believe they are doomed if they aren't formally inducted into the cult by their thirteenth birthdays.
Source: Cult - And further strengthened in the third season, which reveals why they kept her in a compound in the first place: the Red Lotus, a splinter faction of the White Lotus wanted to kidnap and raise her for their own ends.
Source: Rebuilt Pedestal
Cite this Source
Raise and Compound. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compound/raise
Compound & Raise. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compound/raise>.
Raise or Compound. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compound/raise.
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