Synonyms and related words :
accrue, accumulate, add to, advance, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, balloon, bloat, blow up, boom, boost, breed, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, deal in generalities, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, ecumenicize, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, gain, gain strength, generalize, get ahead, globalize, go up, greaten, grow, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, intensify, jack up, jump up, lengthen, magnify, make a generalization, maximize, mount, multiply, open, outspread, outstretch, parlay, proliferate, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, rise, run up, shoot up, snowball, spread, spread out, strengthen, stretch, sufflate, swell, thicken, tumefy, universalize, up, wax, widen