What is "step-up" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "step-up": the act of increasing something

Noun

Synonyms:

breakthrough, upgrade, advance, addition, hike, rise, expansion, improvement, jump, lift, increment, wax, raise, up, development, raise, merger, hike, rise, upsurge, expansion, surge, upturn, inflation, gain, increment, boost, escalation, swelling, accession, breakthrough, aggrandizement, upgrade, access, spread, accretion, elaboration, exaggeration, swell, accrual, enlargement, incorporation, multiplication, extension, augmentation, cumulation, accumulation, maximization, burgeoning, waxing, optimization, intensification, hike, boost, increment, advance, leg, bump, rise, accession, jump, addition, accretion, augmentation, promotion, raising, hold-up, jump-up, leg-up, move-up, acceleration, advance, ascent, upswing, hike, upsurge, surge, upturn, inflation, growth, increment, progress, climb, boost, distention, upgrade, raise, addition, swell, accession, advancement, breakthrough, enlargement, accretion, multiplication, augmentation, promotion, aggrandizement, intensifying, waxing, intensification, doubling, heightening, piling up, stacking up,

Antonyms:

withdrawal, stagnation, decrease, lessening, loss, shrinkage, harm, hindrance, setback, decline, worsening, blow, discouragement, decrease, shrinkage, loss, reduction, abridgment, compression, depletion, diminishment, subtraction, decline, drop, decrease, withdrawal, shrinkage, reduction, decline, fall, deduction, drop, hindrance, stagnation, decrease, reduction, lessening, shrinkage, subtraction, slump, failure, decline, deduction, drop, fall, worsening,