Synonyms for enhance
ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑnsen·hance

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1. enhance

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

   Antonyms:
   abate, decline, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. enhance, heighten, raiseverb

   increase

   "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

   Synonyms:
   compound, farm, rise, arouse, put forward, leaven, deepen, upgrade, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, sharpen, put up, heighten, stir, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, intensify, grow, bring up, invoke, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, prove, erect, raise, call down, get up, produce, call forth, kindle, set up, evoke, rear, parent

2. enhanceverb

   make better or more attractive

   "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

   Synonyms:
   raise, heighten

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1. • Improve

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1. enhanceverb

   Synonyms:
   raise (as price), advance, heighten, swell

2. enhanceverb

   Synonyms:
   increase, augment, aggravate

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1. List of paraphrases for "enhance":

   improve, strengthen, increase, strengthening, improving, enhancing, reinforce, promote, intensify, improvement, raise, strengthened, increasing, enhanced, improved, enhancement, boost, expand, upgrade, raising, promoting, foster, increased, promotion, build, reinforcing, upgrading, augment, deepen, advancement, better, bolster, consolidate, enrich, heighten, broaden, facilitate, improvements, develop, refine, encourage

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How to use enhance in a sentence?

1. W. S. Gilbert:

   If you wish in this world to advance, your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or trust me, you haven't a chance.

2. David Cameron:

   The increasing threat we face including from these so-called self-starting terrorists means that we should now go further in strengthening our capabilities, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will make an additional 130 million pounds available over the next two years including new funding to enhance our ability to monitor and disrupt these self-starting terrorists.

3. William S. Gilbert:

   If you wish in this world to advance Your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump it, And blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of you first.

5. Leora Tanenbaum:

   It speaks to the fact that women exist in this impossible space where we have to be real but not too real. We have to enhance our appearance but if we enhance it 'too much,' then we're not authentic.