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- verb intransitive, transitive, idiomatic To
accumulate , topile up , toincrease in stages - verb transitive, idiomatic To
strengthen - noun Alternative form of
buildup .
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synonyms (138)
Words with the same meaning
- add to
- advertise
- agent provocateur
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- amplify
- annoy
- assemble
- augment
- ballyhoo
- bark
- bill
- bloat
- blow up
- boost
- broaden
- build
- bulk
- bulk out
- bulletin
- burlesque
- caricature
- carry too far
- circularize
- combine
- compose
- consist of
- constitute
- construct
- crescendo
- cry
- cry up
- deepen
- deteriorate
- develop
- dilate
- distend
- draw the longbow
- embitter
- embody
- enhance
- enlarge
- enter into
- establish
- exacerbate
- exaggerate
- exalt
- exasperate
- expand
- extend
- fabricate
- fatten
- fill out
- form
- give a write-up
- give publicity
- go into
- go to extremes
- heat up
- heighten
- hike
- hike up
- hot up
- huff
- hyperbolize
- incorporate
- increase
- inflate
- intensify
- irritate
- jack up
- join
- jump up
- lay it on
- lengthen
- magnify
- make
- make acute
- make much of
- make up
- make worse
- maximize
- merge in
- mix
- organize
- overcharge
- overdo
- overdraw
- overestimate
- overpraise
- overreach
- overreact
- oversell
- overspeak
- overstate
- overstress
- parlay
- piece together
- pile it on
- placard
- plug
- post
- post bills
- post up
- press-agent
- promote
- provoke
- publicize
- puff
- puff up
- pump
- pump up
- put together
- put up
- pyramid
- raise
- rarefy
- sell
- set up
- sharpen
- sour
- spiel
- stretch
- stretch the truth
- structure
- sufflate
- swell
- synthesize
- talk big
- talk in superlatives
- thicken
- tout
- travesty
- unite in
- up
- widen
- worsen
- write up
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