Increase and Soothe

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Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
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Soothe is an antonym for increase.
Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental

Soothe

Soothe verb - To ease the grief or distress of.
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Increase is an antonym for soothe in topics: relieve, calm.
Nearby Words: soothing, soother, sooth, soothingly
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Common collocations

mass increase mass soothe mass
tension increase tension soothe tension

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Pokémon X and Y Without any assisting items to increase happiness (such as the Soothe Bell), you'd have to work pretty hard to earn its power.
    Source: Video Game / Pokémon X and Y
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Soothe and Increase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/soothe
Increase & Soothe. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/soothe>.
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