Word Meanings - ENHANCEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENHANCEMENT)

• Augmentation
• Increase
• enlargement
• amplification
• enrichment
• supply
• enhancement
• addition
• acquisition
• improvement
• Foil
• Set-off
• background
• contrast
• setting
• elucidation
• Premium
• Reward
• guerdon
• encouragement
• douceur
• bribe
• recompense
• bonus
• prize
• bounty
• Relish
• Zest
• recommendation
• flavor
• savor
• gusto
• taste
• appetite
• piquancy
• sapidity
• Flavor
• appetizer
• gust
• pleasure
• enjoyment
• relish
• sharpener

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ENHANCEMENT)

• Repudiate
• nauseate
• reject
• abominate
• loathe
• Punish
• misrequite

Related words: (words related to ENHANCEMENT)

• GUERDONABLE
  Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
• REWARDFUL
  Yielding reward.
• PUNISHER
  One who inflicts punishment.
• REWARD
  To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• SAVORINESS
  The quality of being savory.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• RELISHABLE
  Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• SAVOROUS
  Having a savor; savory. Rom. of R.
• SETT
  See 3
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• ADDITION
  That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. (more info) 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke. 2. Anything added; increase;
• FLAVORED
  Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
• SUPPLY
  LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
• REJECTER
  One who rejects.
• ACQUISITION
  1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn. -- See Acquirement.
• PUNISHABLE
  Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness,
• RECOMPENSER
  One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
• RECOMPENSE
  recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for;
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• SHOREWARD
  Toward the shore.
• UPSETTING
  Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson.
• TYPESETTING
  The act or art of setting type.
• ROSETTA WOOD
  An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.
• SUNSET; SUNSETTING
  1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. 2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. Sunset shell , a West
• FRISETTE; FRIZETTE
  a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
• SURADDITION
  Something added or appended, as to a name. Shak.
• ANISETTE
  A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.
• OVERPRIZE
  Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton.