Synonyms for intensification
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-ten-suh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for intensification Other synonyms for the word intensification
- access
- accession
- accretion
- accrual
- accumulation
- acme
- addition
- advancement
- agglomeration
- aggrandizement
- amassing
- amassment
- amplification
- apex
- apogee
- application
- ascendancy
- ascension
- assembly
- augmentation
- beefing up
- billow
- blowing up
- boosting
- breaker
- breakthrough
- bringing to bear
- building
- buildup
- burgeoning
- capsheaf
- centering
- centralization
- chunk
- climacteric
- close attention
- clustering
- coalescing
- collecting
- collection
- combination
- compacting
- compression
- concern
- condition deepening
- conglomeration
- congregation
- consolidation
- convergence
- converging
- crest
- critical mass
- crowning point
- culmination
- cumulation
- debate
- deepening
- deliberation
- deluge
- development
- distension
- distention
- doubling
- efflux
- elaboration
- elevation
- enhancement
- enlargement
- enrichment
- escalation
- exacerbation
- exaggeration
- expansion
- expatiation
- extension
- extremity
- fixing
- fleshing out
- flocking
- flood
- flow
- focusing
- gain
- gob
- growth
- gush
- head
- heap
- heed
- height
- heightening
- high spot
- highlight
- hike
- hoarding
- huddling
- hunk
- improvement
- incorporation
- increase
- increment
- inflaming
- inflammation
- inflation
- intensification
- intensifying
- lengthening
- limit
- magnification
- mass
- massing
- maximization
- maximum
- merger
- meridian
- multiplication
- narrowing
- ne plus ultra
- need
- optimization
- orgasm
- outpouring
- padding
- payoff
- peak
- pile
- piling up
- pinnacle
- pitch
- progress
- promotion
- prosperity
- puffiness
- quantity
- raise
- raising
- reinforcement
- rise
- roll
- sharpening
- single-mindedness
- spread
- stack
- stacking up
- step-up
- stock
- store
- strengthening
- stretching
- study
- summit
- supplementing
- surf
- surge
- swell
- swelling
- tiptop
- top
- trove
- tumefaction
- turning point
- unity
- up
- upgrade
- upping
- upsurge
- upswing
- upturn
- utmost
- wave
- waxing
- widening
- worsening
- zenith
Définition of intensification
Origin :- 1847, noun of action from intensify.
- As in increase : noun addition, growth
- As in inflation : noun increase, swelling
- As in augmentation : noun making greater; improving
- As in rise : noun increase, improvement
- As in surge : noun rush, usually of liquid
- As in enhancement : noun augmentation
- As in accumulation : noun gathering or amassing
- As in climax : noun peak, culmination
- As in concentration : noun consolidation of effort
- As in crescendo : noun increase to climax
- As in aggravation : noun worsening of a situation,
- As in amplification : noun increase in size or effect
- An intensification of the vague footsteps I had thought I heard before.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
- The blue may carry a factor which brings about intensification of the brown pigment.
- Extract from : « Mendelism » by Reginald Crundall Punnett
- All history teaches by example, and the Scriptural narrative is the intensification of history.
- Extract from : « Sermons » by J. B. Lightfoot
- It seemed to me an intensification of the snob instinct in the soul of man.
- Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
- The second year is but an intensification of the process apparent in the first.
- Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Hilaire Belloc
- The last few years have seen an intensification of localism.
- Extract from : « Our Lady Saint Mary » by J. G. H. Barry
- The crisis developed an intensification of the distrust of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat.
- Extract from : « Bolshevism » by John Spargo
- If they receive support and intensification they regain complete clearness.
- Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
- It is a constant factor of language, but its usual function is special emphasis or intensification.
- Extract from : « The Principles of English Versification » by Paull Franklin Baum
- These green-tea dreams and visions were not so much phases of sleep as an intensification and vivid furnishing forth of insomnia.
- Extract from : « Soul of a Bishop » by H. G. Wells
Antonyms for intensification
- abridgement
- abridgment
- anticlimax
- base
- bottom
- cliffhanger
- compression
- condensation
- contraction
- decline
- decrease
- deduction
- deflation
- degradation
- depletion
- diminishment
- dispersal
- dispersion
- dissipation
- division
- drop
- failure
- fall
- foot
- hindrance
- lessening
- loss
- nadir
- parting
- reduction
- scattering
- separation
- severance
- shortening
- shrinkage
- slump
- stagnation
- subtraction
- worsening
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