Increase
Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Sink
Sink verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock
How words are described
| solid | solid increase | solid sink |
| standard | standard increase | standard sink |
| small | small increase | small sink |
| actual | actual increase | actual sink |
| Other adjectives: massive, large, big, huge, new, major, minor, larger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Used either to indicate 'thinking time' or to let it sink in to increase the impact of the subsequent reaction.
Source: Beat - Big Bad: Lord Blueblood, who's willing to sink to any level to take advantage of Twilight's ascension to increase his family's own power.
- Fantasy Kitchen Sink: And the combinations between civilizations and religions increase even more this fact.
Source: Video Game / Fall from Heaven
Cite this Source
Sink and Increase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/sink
Increase & Sink. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/sink>.
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