increasing

Questions about increasing

What does increasing mean?

increasing means "becoming greater or larger". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in increasing?

increasing has 3 syllables: in-crea-sing. The stress falls on "crea". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɹisɪŋ/.

What is the opposite of increasing?

The recorded antonyms are decreasing, decreasing.

Is increasing a common word?

increasing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with increasing?

1 word rhymes with increasing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.