Home › Words › A › accreaseaccreaseaccrease means an increase.EtymologyFrom Middle English acresen, accreesen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce.nounAn increase.e.g.“For then we shal have worke sufficient, without any more accrease.” — 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 34:verbTo increase.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.accresce 84% match — To accrue. vs accrease →accrescent 83% match — Growing; increasing. vs accrease →accrescence 80% match — Continuous growth; an accretion. vs accrease →increasement 75% match — An increase; growth. vs accrease →accruer 75% match — The act of accruing; accretion. vs accrease →accretive 73% match — Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. vs accrease →accretion 73% match — Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. vs accrease →accremental 72% match — Related to growth or increase by successive additions, particularly in size or volume, often through the gradual deposition of material. This term is used to describe processes or structures that grow by accretion, such as the formation of shells, tree rings, or the buildup of biological tissues. vs accrease →