increaser

[ in-kree-ser ]

noun

1. a person or thing that increases.
2. (in plumbing) a coupling increasing increase in diameter at one end. Compare reducer ( def 3 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of increaser¹

First recorded in 1520–30; increase + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“The pandemic is falling on those least able to bear its burdens. It is a great increaser of inequality,” Powell said last month.

From Washington Post

If the CBO projects millions more using the tax credits for skimpy insurance, it could blow through the AHCA’s deficit reduction and make it a long-term deficit increaser, which isn’t allowed under reconciliation rules.

From Slate

One efficiency increaser for me in the native app are the double arrows in the top right corner that appear while reading messages that let you move to the previous and following message without revisiting the inbox. … and this brings me to This, for me, ties back to the design of the app.

From Forbes

Hence Zarathrustra is the increaser of life; in this sense he is described, invoked, and worshipped as the lord and master of all created life.

From Project Gutenberg

When the Post offered a hypothetical situation of a politician like Mitt Romney using the technicality to support the expiration, Norquist said he would "denounce him as a tax increaser and a bad guy."

From Slate