adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [ Narrower terms: accretionary ; augmenting, augmentative, building ; expanding ; flared, flaring ; growing ; incorporative ; lengthening ; maximizing ; multiplicative ; profit-maximizing ; raising ; accretive ; rising ] decreasing [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. same as growing, 1. [ prenominal ] Syn. -- growing(prenominal), incremental. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of decreasing. [ Narrower terms: accelerando ; crescendo ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] |