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Synonyms for build up
build up
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
build upverb
enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
"build up your savings"
Synonyms:
progress, develop, fortify, build, ramp up, arm, work up, girdbuild up, work up, build, progressverb
form or accumulate steadily
"Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
Synonyms:
work out, fortify, get up, progress, come on, construct, go on, arm, build, come along, develop, move on, shape up, pass on, march on, get along, advance, establish, gird, ramp up, get on, make, work uparm, build up, fortify, girdverb
prepare oneself for a military confrontation
"The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
Synonyms:
progress, lace, develop, fortify, encircle, girdle, fort, build, ramp up, beef up, spike, arm, work up, strengthen, girdbuild up, work up, build, ramp upverb
bolster or strengthen
"We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
Synonyms:
progress, develop, construct, make, fortify, get up, establish, build, ramp up, arm, work up, work out, girdbuild up, developverb
change the use of and make available or usable
"develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
Synonyms:
rise, fortify, grow, educate, produce, progress, modernize, spring up, modernise, explicate, make grow, arm, acquire, evolve, build, germinate, develop, break, train, uprise, get, originate, gird, ramp up, recrudesce, formulate, arise, work up, prepare
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#132 | make | |
#985 | increase | |
#1048 | build | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1549 | plant | |
#1618 | break | |
#1728 | progress | |
#1837 | advance | |
#2273 | produce | |
#2341 | fort | |
#2505 | train | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2923 | grow | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3230 | arm | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#4460 | foster | |
#6810 | acquire | |
#7004 | construct | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7484 | breed | |
#7682 | lace | |
#7738 | strengthen | |
#8623 | settle | |
#10285 | spike | |
#10451 | educate | |
#13885 | evolve | |
#18236 | formulate | |
#21569 | originate | |
#25495 | cherish | |
#26007 | augment | |
#28071 | propagate | |
#29724 | populate | |
#35630 | girdle | |
#41503 | replenish | |
#42883 | modernize | |
#57522 | fortify | |
#67452 | germinate | |
#72923 | modernise | |
#73995 | colonize | |
#87313 | encircle | |
#89838 | beget | |
#102581 | gird | |
#125863 | explicate | |
#207890 | uprise |
How to use build up in a sentence?
I’ve heard of Wes Barnett, I think I may have met him, but I was not aware it had been that long, i adjusted my technique in the snatch in the build-up to these championships, which made a difference, and it was always in the back of my mind that I could win a medal here.
They're really trying to build up the brand in Europe.
We don't see any difference between a continuous, persistent rotation and a permanent presence, the military build-up in center of Europe will not improve European security.
Today we are facing a NATO military build-up which is completely unjustified, i don't see any possibility for a qualitative improvement of our relations if NATO continues on its path of deterrence and relevant military planning.
Enough falls that you could snowshoe across it, if you were looking for skiing, though, you’d have to go into a crater or cliffside, where snow could build up on a sloped surface.
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