Synonyms and related words :
accelerate, acculturate, add to, adorn, advance, agent provocateur, aggravate, ameliorate, amend, amplify, annoy, augment, beautify, become, beef up, better, blow up, boost, bring forward, build up, civilize, complement, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deepen, deteriorate, double, edify, educate, elevate, embellish, embitter, embroider, emend, enlarge, enlarge upon, enlighten, enrich, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, exasperate, fatten, favor, forward, foster, go straight, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, improve, improve upon, increase, intensify, irritate, jazz up, key up, lard, lift, magnify, make acute, make an improvement, make complex, make worse, meliorate, mend, mount, nurture, promote, provoke, raise, ramify, redouble, refine upon, reform, reinforce, rise, rouse, sharpen, socialize, soup up, sour, step up, straighten out, strengthen, suit, swell, transfigure, transform, triple, upgrade, uplift, whet, worsen