Grew, raised, boosted and doubled all do the job of "increased", and each one hints at how the rise happened. The original is so common at the start of bullets that readers stop registering it, so pick the verb that fits what went up — money, people or a rate — and make the figure the loudest part of the line.
When you brought in more revenue or sales: synonyms for increased
Grew
The plain, safe swap for revenue, accounts or pipeline.
Boosted
Slightly informal; suits short campaigns and promotions.
Drove
Common in sales; the figure has to follow straight after it.
Accelerated
Growth that already existed and got faster on your watch.
Expanded
Growth from new regions, products or customer segments.
Increased sales in the store.
Grew weekend sales 18% year over year at a 12-person garden center by moving seasonal stock to the entrance and pricing it in bundles.
When you got more people to sign up, visit or join: synonyms for increased
Doubled
Only when the figure truly doubled; the verb carries the number.
Built
Growth from close to nothing: a list, a following, a program.
Attracted
New customers, applicants or visitors drawn in.
Scaled
Growth without the operation breaking: users, sites, volume.
Broadened
Reach into new audiences, not only more of the same one.
Increased the number of volunteers.
Doubled the food bank's volunteer list from 320 to 640 in a year by running a sign-up table at every distribution day.
When you raised a rate, score or percentage: synonyms for increased
Raised
Rates, scores and averages: "raised first-call resolution to 82%".
Lifted
A metric that had been flat for a while.
Pushed
A hard-won gain against a stubborn number.
Brought
Reads well as "brought X from A to B".
Increased patient satisfaction scores on the unit.
Raised the ward's nurse-communication survey score from 74% to 83% in two quarters by moving shift handover to the bedside.
Leave these in the thesaurus
Skip "Augmented" and "Amplified": the first reads like a thesaurus and the second like ad copy.
The one thing to remember
Give the start and end figures, not just the percentage: "up 40%" sounds big until the reader learns it went from 5 to 7.
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