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Noun
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
A period of excitement and preparation before a significant event
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
The time just before an event
A (typically sudden) spurt or build-up of something in great quantities
The act of exaggerating or embellishing a statement or account
(
usually "preparations"
)
Something done to get ready for an event or undertaking
Verb
To augment or make something greater
To come into possession of
To drive spiritually or urge someone on
(
of a settlement
)
To plan and begin the building of
To make or get ready
To become improved or more advanced
To express approval or admiration of
To acquire or store an increasing number or quantity of
To flatter or compliment excessively
To bring together or amass as a single group or collection
To advertise or create publicity for
(
of a theory or suggestion
)
To put forward
To state or claim too much
To give greater praise than due
To gain weight, especially muscle
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
To (attempt to) influence, persuade or pressure someone, typically politically
To do something repeatedly so as to become skilled
To reconstruct something into its original, or an improved, condition
To publicly recommend or support
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Noun
▲
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
accumulation
development
enlargement
expansion
growth
increase
escalation
spread
augmentation
intensification
multiplication
mushrooming
proliferation
snowballing
upsurge
amplification
rise
magnification
buildup
accretion
step up
boost
accrual
extension
uptick
increment
inflation
swelling
accession
upping
hike
heightening
addition
upturn
spike
uptrend
reinforcement
gain
supplement
appreciation
raise
enhancement
more
explosion
upgrade
swell
buildout
compounding
strengthening
gathering
amassment
addendum
widening
plus
growing
aggrandizement
US
collecting
amassing
cumulation
accumulating
boosting
advancement
acceleration
deposition
building up
aggrandisement
UK
burgeoning
exacerbation
aggravation
dilation
enrichment
snowball effect
up
beefing up
fleshing out
propagation
developing
stepping-up
crescendo
multiplying
supplementing
topping up
upgrowth
stockpile
spreading
increasing
collection
aggregation
expanse
elaboration
progression
rapid increase
deepening
expanding
annexation
assemblage
stockpiling
pooling
pileup
assembly
surge
upswing
enlarging
elevation
augmenting
broadening
increase in size
blow up
advance
spreading out
globalisation
UK
evolvement
diffusion
globalization
US
opening out
progress
diversification
embellishment
scaling up
maturation
unfurling
ballooning
blowing up
unfolding
evolution
furtherance
assembling
hoarding
boom
reserve
annex
US
sharpening
jump
run-up
piling up
stocking up
flowering
annexe
UK
store
stacking up
concentration
stepping up
formation
depositing
agglomeration
bump
gradual growth
precipitation
settling
silting
sedimentation
dumping
distension
improvement
promotion
lengthening
headway
stretching
upgrading
breakthrough
leap
emergence
refinement
dilatation
elongation
amelioration
movement
betterment
flourishing
blossoming
metamorphosis
passage
blooming
continuation
transformation
march
procession
creep
prolongation
maturing
evolving
advancing
unraveling
US
climb
raising
forward movement
distention
unravelling
UK
flow
thickening
momentum
spurt
success
drawing out
tumefaction
process
intumescence
step forward
onrush
maturity
coming-of-age
prolonging
onward movement
movement forward
spiralling
UK
waxing
blow-up
soaring
protraction
fruition
innovation
intensifying
spiraling
US
going
upward turn
stimulation
motion
forwarding
dissemination
ramp up
journey
transmission
encroachment
expedition
course
fattening
elaborating
reinforcing
dispersal
exaggeration
rush
onward motion
forward motion
distribution
adaptation
recovery
increasement
prosperity
succession
maximization
US
ongoing
push
dispersion
adding to
ripening
bulge
turnaround
puffing up
filling out
maximisation
UK
ascent
traction
exponential growth
quadrupling
doubling
tripling
melioration
revolution
ascension
growth spurt
continuing
avalanche
rising
lift
modernization
jump up
passing
steps forward
break
proceeding
voyage
rapid growth
technological advancement
scientific advancement
augment
aggrandization
thriving
supplementation
incubation
perfection
uprise
expatiation
revival
recuperation
regeneration
inroads
explanation
padding
step-up
small increase
skyrocketing
wax
high
stretch
correction
bounce
logjam
backlog
ground gained
perpetuation
adjunct
jack up
optimization
US
reworking
change
modification
revision
order
accruement
rounding out
merger
transmogrification
geometric growth
stack
bloating
load
puff
plug
heap
advertising
mass
hype
publicity
reflation
sequence
rocketing
creation
ascendance
appendix
complement
access
incorporation
unrolling
recasting
reconstruction
accrument
profit
continuity
upbeat
cultivation
towering
soar
explosive growth
crossing
traverse
traversal
trek
pretension
working out
move-up
jump-up
top-up
optimisation
UK
pretentiousness
operation
leg-up
affectation
adulthood
perfecting
move up
upward movement
rampant growth
pretence
UK
leap forward
inroad
discovery
find
invention
finding
step
large increase
anabasis
suffusion
chain
grandiosity
pretense
US
making progress
affectedness
vigour
UK
vigor
US
dramatic increase
sudden increase
scheme
consecution
string
puffiness
quantum leap
profusion
division
transfusion
compass
radiation
coverage
ramification
shooting up
price rises
price increases
strength
stride
advent
transition
stream
flux
coming
drift
nearing
stepping forward
arrival
nurse
nourish
incubate
step in the right direction
moving forward
stretching out
circulation
continuance
resilience
buoyancy
scattering
career
promulgation
economic growth
circulating
forward march
getting ahead
giant strides
going forward
dissipation
issuance
high level of activity
distributing
dispersing
disseminating
putting about
more ❯
“The tremendous
build-up
of pressure caused it to break which led to Mr McKenna's death.”
Noun
▲
A period of excitement and preparation before a significant event
promotion
publicity
hype
plug
puff
advertising
ballyhoo
marketing
propaganda
brouhaha
hoo-ha
plugging
razzmatazz
puffery
push
boost
fanfare
pitch
hoopla
noise
buildup
boosting
spiel
advertisement
presentation
patter
line
laudation
sales talk
praise
touting
song and dance
PR campaign
propaganda campaign
splash
puffing
exposure
hot air
extensive publicity
hard sell
excitement
hysteria
racket
flimflam
press
réclame
boosterism
commercial
PR
release
billing
announcement
scratch
broadcasting
handout
write-up
press-agentry
promulgation
blurb
distribution
promo
announcing
currency
clout
ink
pushing
spread
report
attention
spotlight
media hype
public relations
big noise
publicization
broadcast
advertising campaign
publicity campaign
ad
advert
notice
publicizing
US
bumf
posting
campaign
selling
publicising
UK
proclamation
exhibition
offer
airplay
airtime
playing time
promotional
extravagant commendation
pizzazz
US
pzazz
UK
marketing campaign
mention
business development
e-marketing
advertising promotion
promotions
outreach
promoting
recommendation
exposition
exhibiting
blasting
displaying
screamer
squib
circulation
image management
newspeak
agitprop
disinformation
information
brainwashing
P.R.
dissemination
bill
display
poster
good word
favourable mention
indoctrination
spin
counter-information
advocacy
piece of publicity
flyer
placard
publicity stunt
profile-raiser
photo-shoot
shameless plug
hogwash
misinformation
doctrine
literature
implantation
presstitution
cant
proselytism
publication
info
evangelism
inculcation
folder
sign
notification
dodger
affiche
coverage
exhibit
hoarding
trailer
endorsement
communication
billboard
reports
consideration
commentary
treatment
fuss
reportage
reporting
articles
classified ad
public notice
personal ad
want ad
big lie
half truths
party line
pieces
reviews
limelight
stories
US
storeys
UK
write-ups
media interest
media attention
press reporting
press reviews
press treatment
press coverage
press write-ups
press articles
more ❯
“That didn't stop us from enjoying the
build-up
to one of the biggest games we have ever prepared for as a nation.”
Noun
▲
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
accretion
accumulation
amassing
gathering
building up
collection
pileup
agglomeration
aggregation
amassment
buildup
pile
cumulation
mass
heap
conglomeration
assemblage
stockpile
quantity
supply
reservoir
clump
aggregate
store
deposit
stack
stock
cluster
reserve
accrual
lump
hoard
pool
bundle
mine
bunch
lodgement
US
cumulus
lodgment
UK
inventory
agglomerate
fund
chunk
hunk
gob
concentration
compilation
group
combination
batch
cache
block
band
clot
acquisition
assembly
stockpiling
assembling
stash
hoarding
formation
wealth
trove
amount
deposition
concretion
body
accumulating
load
growth
bulk
collecting
reaping
miscellany
heaping
roundup
piling
garnering
cloud
rick
pyramid
hotchpotch
mixture
conglomerate
jumble
excess
mountain
logjam
pile-up
backlog
resources
surfeit
wad
glob
blob
clod
gobbet
knob
nubble
agglutination
nub
nugget
dollop
bank
set
plethora
lot
array
clutch
suite
constellation
grouping
battery
caboodle
huddle
parcel
package
knot
mess
muster
passel
congeries
kit
crop
assortment
selection
boodle
pack
range
series
party
raft
consort
unit
throng
crowd
variety
repertoire
number
flock
repository
composite
swarm
volume
bevy
US
portfolio
bevvy
UK
host
crew
ensemble
source
troupe
covey
gang
congregation
gaggle
amalgamation
repertory
nest
compendium
line-up
consignment
arsenal
budget
force
list
row
nest egg
sum
entirety
integrality
totality
total
line
tussock
tangle
tuffet
whole lot
multitude
display
ream
the whole kit and caboodle
the whole enchilada
shock
storehouse
scad
tuft
hodgepodge
ocean
garner
surplus
armory
US
armoury
UK
treasure house
chain
section
side
intake
tier
diversity
shipment
muddle
acquiring
myriad
lineup
arrangement
confusion
armful
handful
fistful
nestful
rank
portion
mound
string
score
succession
sequence
depot
thicket
panoply
mat
legion
complete series
medley
allocation
stream
holdings
fascicle
mix
battalion
army
sea
clutter
drove
ring
wares
produce
mishmash
potpourri
pot-pourri
fall-back
commodities
choice
merchandise
treasure-trove
combo
hodge-podge
goods
articles
pharmacopeia
US
pharmacopoeia
UK
treasure
riches
abundance
mixed bag
treasure trove
treasury
compilement
everything but the kitchen sink
vein
compiling
composing
collation
harvesting
harvest
aggregating
combining
consolidating
collocating
album
drawing together
bringing together
scrapbook
lookbook
more ❯
“The
build-up
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”
Noun
▲
The time just before an event
run-up
approach
buildup
introduction
lead-in
preliminaries
time leading up to
Noun
▲
A (typically sudden) spurt or build-up of something in great quantities
bubble
surge
flood
rush
wave
groundswell
rise
spate
upsurge
charge
deluge
flurry
flush
onrush
outburst
spurt
torrent
uprising
upswing
upwelling
burst
current
epidemic
escalation
flow
gush
influx
onslaught
outbreak
patch
rash
run
spell
stream
sweep
swell
tide
bout
eruption
explosion
fit
frenzy
spree
welling up
building up
flare-up
storm
barrage
avalanche
outpouring
bombardment
volley
shower
cascade
blitz
flux
hail
salvo
battery
cannonade
blitzkrieg
fusillade
push
inundation
efflux
blaze
onset
broadside
succession
string
advance
advancement
march
passage
progression
blast
inrush
heave
series
procession
progress
process
spill
drumfire
dash
rain
dart
drumbeat
stampede
headway
furtherance
pour
river
downpour
flood tide
outflow
chain
heavy sea
tidal wave
squall
tempest
feeling
large amount
exodus
profusion
gust
billow
draught
UK
outpour
draft
US
flash
blow
gale
uprush
assault
attack
offensive
stab
going
foray
descent
sortie
thrust
raid
incursion
roar
violence
aggression
din
agitation
strife
overflow
overflowing
overrunning
monsoon
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of exaggerating or embellishing a statement or account
magnification
exaggeration
embellishment
overstatement
hyperbole
embroidery
elaboration
amplification
overemphasis
inflation
caricature
coloring
US
embroidering
padding
stretching
overplaying
enhancement
extravagance
overdramatization
aggrandisement
UK
aggrandizement
US
dramatisation
UK
dramatization
US
colouring
UK
deepening
heightening
gilding the lily
blowing up
blowing up out of all proportion
making a big thing out of something
overestimation
enlargement
emphasis
excess
puffery
pretension
exaltation
pretentiousness
ornamentation
boasting
overkill
hyperbolism
tall talk
overvaluation
excessiveness
over-emphasis
over-embellishment
over-elaboration
adornment
stretching of the truth
varnishing
gilding
rant
romance
fancy
fish story
jazz
hogwash
falsehood
figure of speech
fantasy
whopper
fabrication
baloney
tall story
flight of fancy
line
stretch
misjudgement
misrepresentation
crock
untruth
misjudgment
yarn
dressing up
touching up
hype
PR
auxesis
distortion
metaphor
gingering up
jazzing up
big talk
purple prose
mountain out of molehill
laying it on thick
ornateness
elaborateness
frilliness
fussiness
luridness
scandal
melodrama
shock tactics
braggadocio
ennoblement
elevation
glorification
tribute
yellow journalism
tabloid journalism
aggrandization
praising
sensationalism
decoration
showiness
ostentation
over-elaborateness
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
usually "preparations"
)
Something done to get ready for an event or undertaking
preparation
arrangements
groundwork
planning
plans
preliminaries
grounding
legwork
measures
organisation
UK
organization
US
arrangement
foundation
homework
plan
preparedness
readiness
spadework
alertness
anticipation
precaution
preparing
readying
rehearsal
research
gearing up
preparatory measures
background work
necessary steps
preparatory work
dry run
putting in order
lead time
preparations
preliminary work
preparatory
work
foundations
provision
dirty work
grind
donkeywork
prep
donkey-work
prep work
reading
basic work
donkey work
hack work
hard work
reading up
fact-finding
more ❯
Verb
▲
To augment or make something greater
enhance
increase
add to
intensify
magnify
amplify
inflate
strengthen
build up
augment
boost
upgrade
raise
lift
escalate
elevate
exalt
swell
aggrandize
enrich
heighten
deepen
stress
reinforce
build
underline
compound
consolidate
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
expand
further
jack up
extend
hike
increment
accentuate
advance
amp up
balloon
beef up
bump up
crank up
enforce
exacerbate
multiply
puff up
pump up
maximise
UK
maximize
US
proliferate
mushroom
enlarge
grow
accelerate
mount
rise
accumulate
snowball
spread
burgeon
develop
up
climb
bourgeon
appreciate
step up
gain
wax
boom
widen
supersize
improve
roll up
hype
broaden
stoke
rocket
hike up
redouble
soar
supplement
accrue
shoot up
amass
aggravate
mount up
spiral
pad
fortify
make greater
skyrocket
add
surge
make larger
progress
top up
make bigger
go up
blow up
dilate
exaggerate
flourish
thicken
get bigger
gather
grow rapidly
buttress
intensate
inflame
fill out
parlay
pick up
double
pile up
pyramid
increase rapidly
shore up
sharpen
ameliorate
thrive
flesh out
better
run up
collect
bloom
bolster
jump up
spike
triple
worsen
rouse
go through the roof
become more numerous
stretch
brace
cultivate
make better
pump
toughen
optimize
US
upsurge
cumulate
embellish
elaborate
boost up
feed
spring up
leap up
increase in size
concentrate
put up
go through the ceiling
support
sweeten
uplift
harden
optimise
UK
make worse
pullulate
promote
mark up
slap on
lengthen
distend
top
fatten
get larger
steel
prosper
arise
sprout
build on
soup up
propagate
gain strength
jump
flower
explode
tone up
fill
flow
push up
become larger
rise rapidly
increase exponentially
firm up
run riot
make stronger
annex
US
prolong
stimulate
teem
swarm
secure
meliorate
endow
tack on
diversify
annexe
UK
supply
subsidize
US
upscale
subsidise
UK
brighten
ratchet up
nourish
fester
sustain
increase in value
prop
nurture
inure
stiffen
stockpile
uprise
acquire
jazz up
buck up
heat up
shore
turn up
indurate
pile on
bulwark
bloat
stack up
cement
leap
fill up
tone
grow in
increase in scope
ascend
stuff
spring
spread out
give strength to
give a boost to
speed up
fatten up
be jacked up
increase dramatically
back up
make healthy
scale up
expatiate
piggyback
turbocharge
send up
go up in price
advertise
revitalize
US
advertize
protract
grow quickly
refine
rally
revitalise
UK
tag on
vault
tower
escalade
pile
open
succeed
complement
harshen
grow greater
spurt
grow larger
peak
metastasize
manifold
aggregate
round out
amend
polish
help
perfect
goose up
fetch up
send through the roof
blossom
outspread
ramp up
diffuse
do well
be successful
spiral upwards
go sky-high
become greater
upsize
increase suddenly
embiggen
make intricate
make complex
mature
come on
pervade
reach
incline
billow
surge up
get higher
breed
grow full
get to
become large
start to be
ferment
rise in value
overstate
be hiked up
ape up
develop quickly
emerge
spread quickly
brew
smoulder
UK
become stronger
fuel
luxuriate
become strong
tend
put on a spurt
get taller
increase in weight
pour
rain
overrun
puff out
mass
be enlarged
be stepped up
be extended
be magnified
be increased
be amplified
smolder
US
gather steam
develop rapidly
round off
make richer
punch up
dramatize
US
embroider
overplay
add fuel to fire
get stronger
eke out
become more powerful
burst
detonate
burst forth
go off
well
grow stronger
tot
conglomerate
get into shape
condition
overdo
overestimate
vitalize
produce
aid
titivate
inspirit
favour
UK
invigorate
US
advantage
favor
US
go from bad to worse
scale
inject
spur on
hyperbolize
overemphasize
US
benefit
underpin
stabilize
US
hop up
uphold
touch up
cram
dramatise
UK
surcharge
overemphasise
UK
quicken
keep burning
mend
rekindle
stir
poke
add fuel to
envigorate
UK
become bigger
add value
gird
lighten
darken
whet
point
accent
carry
substantiate
make stable
toughen up
stabilise
UK
bear
stoke up
drive up
swell up
put fuel on
stretch the truth
set off
add fuel
heap on
add value to
extend operations
broaden one's horizons
branch out
stay
reequip
undergird
contribute to
make a big thing out of
blow something out of all proportion
accrete
blow up out of all proportion
pour it on
drive forward
brush up
do up
maintain
reenforce
upraise
detail
expound
put on
add on
increase in
acquire more of something
issue
foster
spruce up
give a facelift to
fine-tune
polish up
smarten up
encourage the growth of
perk up
give a lift to
evolve
confirm
defend
ensue
follow
follow up
jack
hold up
bolster up
prop up
buoy up
explicate
nutrify
prepare
provide for
poise
make strong
reflate
nurse
feed up
be added
nerve
ready
ennoble
dignify
prefer
give substance to
canonize
US
enthrone
ensky
enshrine
glorify
sublimate
deify
rearm
appoint
hoist
canonise
UK
honor
US
honour
UK
move up the ladder
kick upstairs
give promotion
give advancement to
improve the position of
improve the status of
raise high
move up
give a higher rank
give advancement
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come into possession of
get
acquire
obtain
come by
come to have
come into possession of
receive
gain
earn
win
come into
come in for
take possession of
take receipt of
be given
buy
purchase
procure
possess oneself of
secure
gather
collect
pick up
appropriate
amass
build up
hook
net
land
achieve
attain
get hold of
get your hands on
grab
bag
get one's mitts on
score
snag
glean
nab
collar
have
cop
latch onto
rack up
access
lock up
swing
inherit
capture
reap
realize
US
make
garner
draw
carry
annex
US
wangle
annexe
UK
realise
UK
pull down
knock down
bring in
take
corral
catch
hustle
grasp
scare up
clinch
derive
reach
hit
scoop
log
pot
harvest
be awarded
clear
carry off
fulfill
US
chalk up
advance
consummate
clock up
accomplish
enlist
fulfil
UK
notch up
come away with
ameliorate
ring up
complete
arrive at
walk off with
walk away with
seize
find
pocket
lay hold of
produce
fetch
record
pull in
accumulate
lay hands on
conquer
snap up
register
take home
effect
snare
gross
pull
wrest
return
develop
assume
do
snatch
occupy
yield
get possession of
establish
usurp
get paid
pull off
extract
nail
form
strike
haul in
take over
retrieve
rake in
accept
tally
compass
be paid
get one's fingers on
recover
accrue
bring about
hold
profit
wrap up
be presented with
colonize
US
have conferred on one
feel
glom
clean up
knock up
turn in
take in
carry out
raise
know
colonise
UK
take by force
take control of
elicit
touch
reify
get at
encounter
be provided with
meet
get a hold of
commandeer
make a profit of
execute
bank
blag
cull
perform
effectuate
bring
scrape together
trap
manage
get into one's hands
prehend
perpetrate
pay
drum up
claim
gain access
bring home
clutch
adopt
grapple
possess
prise
gather up
negotiate
get to
rise to
subjugate
climb to
prosecute
commit
overrun
get done
bring to fruition
wrench
cultivate
yank
win possession of
learn
assimilate
bear
go for
take hold of
clap hands on
bring off
follow through with
lay claim to
take a grip of
grab hold of
seize hold of
take up
put through
gather in
contract
steal
captivate
understand
engage
experience
sense
mark up
clock
walk away
poll
cover
be in receipt of
go
undergo
make a profit
ingather
save
hoard
schlenter
salvage
succeed in making
be one's lot
meet with
fall to the lot
polish off
glom onto
retain
enjoy
own
cinch
accept delivery of
take into one's possession
agree to receive
round up
subject
guaranty
guarantee
ice
ensure
assure
insure
scrape up
lay up
gobble up
command
actualize
succeed
make use of
expropriate
succeed in finding
get in
induce
solicit
maintain
face
get as a result
draw in
beg borrow or steal
clutch at
stretch for
source
go after
grow
come across
come upon
luck into
fall upon
happen upon
stumble upon
be appointed to
hit up
hold out for
accede to
be elevated to
make sure of
give security
make sure
wind up
eke out
take home earnings of
receive a salary of
come into contact with
partake in
tear
tie up
locate
trace
track
track down
give
rip
buy out
manage to get
make a haul
latch on to
prevail upon
buy up
bring around
arrogate
hijack
pirate
gain control of
provide
notch
confiscate
overcome
grip
recoup
peel
preempt
finish
be worth
make attain
pluck
generate
conclude
overtake
come to
amount to
nobble
foster
furnish
afford
supply
bestow
rap
engineer
run to
gain on
move to
make it to
wrestle
exact
honor
US
conduct
honour
UK
fructify
propagate
breed
engage in
dominate
extricate
do justice to
get the job done
fix
make good on
discharge
take care of
succeed in
live up to
make it
nail it
put it over
do the trick
get there
keep faith with
sew up
put the tin lid on
deliver on
carry through
do a bang-up job
get someplace
fulfill one's potential
make hay
follow through on
perfect
do one proud
be true to
bring to completion
satisfy
embrace
undertake
take to
nurture
discover
sustain
take on
bring forth
give forth
requisition
garrison
grab away
hegemonize
try to develop
try to acquire
keep
control
oppress
take control
rule over
take possession
more ❯
Verb
▲
To drive spiritually or urge someone on
encourage
inspire
motivate
embolden
buoy
buoy up
cheer
drive
empower
incentify
stimulate
strengthen
applaud
enliven
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
envigorate
UK
invigorate
US
push
reassure
spur
stir
build up
disinhibit
enforce
fillip
fortify
goad
hearten
impassion
inspirit
pique
spark
sway
trigger
vitalize
activate
arouse
boost
brighten
build
comfort
egg
enhearten
excite
exhilarate
fire up
incentivise
UK
incentivize
US
instigate
jumpstart
kindle
move
pep up
spur on
steel
stir up
uplift
whip up
animate
assure
boost up
cheer on
energise
UK
energize
US
give a boost to
ignite
provoke
pump up
quicken
raise
reenforce
restore
revitalise
UK
revitalize
US
revivify
rev up
rouse
bear up
chirk up
gladden
incite
nudge
rally
refresh
console
praise
prick
bield
boost morale
buck up
cheer up
gee up
give a shot in the arm to
give confidence to
give hope to
give shot in arm
lift the spirits of
light a fire under
prop up
psych up
raise the morale of
raise your spirits
spirit up
stiffen the resolve of
stimulate spiritually
revive
brace
rejuvenate
renew
reinvigorate
sustain
regenerate
fire
liven up
resuscitate
reanimate
perk up
vivify
awaken
bolster
prime
reinforce
ginger up
jazz up
work up
breathe new life into
give new strength to
dynamize
cause
generate
induce
produce
inflame
occasion
rekindle
electrify
engender
spike
promote
enkindle
recharge
prompt
reawaken
whet
freshen
resurrect
breed
refreshen
jump-start
recreate
zap
innervate
repair
help
actify
arm
goose
activize
enable
juice up
amp up
zip up
kick-start
put zip into
get going again
re-energize
put some spark into
elevate
pick up
lighten
elate
make confident
give courage to
vivificate
liven
innerve
lift
turn on
switch on
start up
brighten up
recondition
reactivate
give a lift to
evoke
precipitate
rewake
update
rewaken
elicit
save
recover
enthuse
wake up
touch up
replenish
modernise
UK
regain
renovate
give a new lease on life
modernize
US
prod
put new life into
make whole
bring back to life
reinvent
bounce back
relieve
foster
beget
foment
invoke
abet
bestir
brew
begin
exercise
make
ferment
move to action
suscitate
waken
call forth
give rise to
set off
touch off
bring about
bring on
lead to
spark off
contribute to
result in
make for
draw forth
agitate
improve
cure
bring back
heal
rescue
make healthy
cultivate
hatch
get up
muster up
urge
impel
egg on
support
influence
actuate
persuade
propel
press
fuel
exhort
intensify
soothe
thrill
sting
solace
key up
incline
put up to
bring
coerce
succour
UK
compel
succor
US
calm
lead
fire the imagination of
fan
create
start
solicit
impress
stoke up
give strength to
increase
get going
exalt
nerve
assuage
trigger off
aid
instil
UK
force
mobilize
US
psych
instill
US
touch
pick
wake
assist
mobilise
UK
commove
ease
raise spirits
give a lift
fire with enthusiasm
get
drum up
prepare
bring out
entreat
entice
set in motion
pressure
put in motion
ask
see someone through
invite
set going
intoxicate
put at ease
advance
gird
heighten
be a source of strength to
bring comfort to
sic
nurture
procure
enhance
fan the flames of
placate
charge
initiate
drive on
catalyze
US
root on
root for
effectuate
needle
condole
work
relax
fire the enthusiasm of
beg
implore
catalyse
UK
salve
wind up
set on
add to
beseech
charge up
coax
bring around
give a new lease of life to
be a tower of strength to
constrain
hound
whip
poise
tempt
augment
badger
develop
harass
ready
harden
upraise
enrich
root
countenance
oblige
dragoon
carry
inform
exacerbate
set
accelerate
ameliorate
feed
better
further
rile
effect
jolt
give confidence
urge on
affect
talk into
speed up
favour
UK
favor
US
appeal to
set up
restart
put a bomb under
challenge
give new life to
be responsible for
titillate
add fuel to
get someone going
pacify
act as a incentive to
act as a stimulus to
build a fire under
commiserate with
power
gear up
prevail upon
satisfy
condole with
allay
compose
besoothe
commiserate
get ready
sympathize with
bring into being
give condolences to
keep someone going
snap out of it
yield
spawn
call into being
look up
put new life in
put one's mind to rest
translate into
make happen
forward
be the cause of
palliate
mollify
re-establish
feed the fire
give solace to
give sympathy to
have
give courage
give incentive
hook
summon up
make brave
grab
remind
chivvy
intrigue
incent
enrapture
make braver
boost moral
transport
inveigle
jog
dispose
barrack
speed
roil
lift the morale of
give life to
light up
shock
startle
burgeon
nourish
psyche up
summon
stoke
irritate
motive
imbue
infuse
forearm
give a buzz
make alive
craze
taunt
juice
give pep talk
convert
convince
gain
irk
incense
reestablish
strike
pressurize
US
add fuel
originate
reproduce
recall
redevelop
endue
infect
beghast
run
add fuel to the flames
bully
grill
vex
emphasize
US
plead
enjoin
make wild
warm
crank up
make enthusiastic
whomp up
give new energy to
predispose
condition
determine
direct
heat up
win over
shout for
roust
pressurise
UK
lash
underline
cement
stress
jack up
gear oneself up
steam up
start off
give impetus
work into lather
change
make more cheerful
make happier
stun
astonish
frighten
spur to action
lighten burden
empathize with
make one feel at ease
quiet fears
make well
keep one going
keep you going
get one started
act as a impetus to
act as a fillip to
act as a spur to
lean on
draw on
have as a consequence
have as a result
spook
quieten
champion
deepen
fan the fire
act upon
ride herd on
lighten up
loosen up
impose on
orient
shake
shake up
madden
supplement
appeal
request
become cheerful
make happy
take a turn for the better
clear up
take heart
prevail on
give one an idea
take a load off
advise
agitate for
agitate against
corroborate
buttress
maintain
underpin
reward
uphold
stir embers
add fuel to fire
call to mind
make waves
edify
get to
hustle
brace up
upgrade
refine
give someone a kick
bother
back
broaden
defend
substantiate
highlight
emphasise
UK
give a shot in the arm
put on cloud nine
free
advocate
expedite
propose
wheedle
let the sun shine in
pester
put on top of the world
inspan
dig
bolster up
back up
restore confidence to
give respite to
nag
recommend
hassle
set your mind at rest
snap one out of it
harry
be a source of strength
give a leg up to
give moral support to
hold someone's hand
boost the morale of
be there for
restore someone's confidence
dispel someone's fears
bolster someone's confidence
call on
shore up
adjure
make stronger
sharpen
insist
extend
play a part in
try to persuade
help out
cheer along
tide over
keep someone's head above water
keep going
minister to
be instrumental in
give the incentive to
draw
attract
pour it on
launch
alleviate
enlarge
amplify
sow the seeds of
court
insist on
push for
play a role in
relaunch
achieve
have a hand in
accomplish
establish
amount to
culminate in
be a factor in
reinstitute
reintroduce
tranquilize
US
sell one on
push forward
be conducive to
realise
UK
realize
US
organise
UK
introduce
engineer
open the door for
attain
organize
US
pity
multiply
swell
expand
compound
mount
magnify
escalate
aggrandize
put new heart into
get smoking
burn up
untrouble
end in
kickoff
cause to occur
bring forth
finish in
draw out
add up to
cause to happen
have a part in
make possible
conduce to
conduce
oil the wheels of
bring off
be at the bottom of
bring to pass
carry off
actualize
carry through
have the effect of
entail
pull off
contrive
put in place
be partly responsible for
bear
spell
contribute
snap up
tranquillise
UK
put new heart in
woo
allure
put new strength in
give the kiss of life to
issue
lure
command
admit
let in
wax
welcome
ask for
be of assistance to
be advantageous to
pay off for
do good to
be beneficial to
be good for
bless
be of help to
befit
serve
be of service to
benefit
please
work for
be useful to
suit
be of use to
be helpful to
gratify
be of advantage to
be to the advantage of
profit
advantage
express sympathy to
show compassion to
show fellow feeling to
express sympathy
express sympathy for
include
beg for
call for
bring on oneself
flirt with
leave the door open to
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a settlement
)
To plan and begin the building of
found
build
construct
erect
build up
put up
establish
assemble
form
create
put in place
develop
elevate
lay plans for
plan
set up
design
lay out
lay the foundations of
raise
start to build
make
fabricate
put together
manufacture
fashion
shape
produce
bring about
forge
confect
make up
engineer
constitute
mold
US
mould
UK
piece together
knock together
fit together
organize
US
model
piece
organise
UK
rear
reconstruct
contrive
join
frame
compile
prefabricate
cast
throw together
compose
jerry-build
superstruct
throw up
sculpture
structure
arrange
order
connect
fit
sew
weld
patch up
sew up
join up
craft
coin
give structure to
configure
knock off
knock up
hammer out
turn out
carpenter
edify
evolve
synthesize
US
synthesise
UK
architect
draw up a layout of
make a drawing of
make a map of
draw up a plan of
make a representation of
prefab
put out
whip up
cobble up
compound
institute
launch
start
authorize
US
install
US
legislate
enact
initiate
base
predicate
lay foundation
set down
inaugurate
secure
ratify
station
plant
place
instal
UK
corroborate
authorise
UK
lodge
implant
domiciliate
moor
inculcate
invest
get something working
get going
originate
get moving
kick off
devise
concoct
invent
formulate
prepare
conceive
hatch
carve
cook up
generate
draft
US
knock out
plot
process
outline
sculpt
brew
scheme
orchestrate
pattern
effect
work
draught
UK
churn out
block out
work out
brainstorm
yield
actualize
blueprint
map
mastermind
sketch
complete
mass-produce
fix
plan out
scheme out
strategize about
draw up
map out
dream up
cobble together
fudge together
spawn
render
beget
procure
conspire
mix
mint
project
bring into existence
execute
hew
bring into being
think out
choreograph
bring out
trace
figure out
set out
vamp
rustle up
sketch out
chart
accomplish
line up
finish
cut
ready
think up
stamp
align
whittle
run up
set
make arrangements
format
carve out
mount
cultivate
propagate
spin
harvest
hammer
chisel
implement
come up with
bring to pass
cause to be
give rise to
effectuate
catalyze
US
patch together
whip out
eke out
rig up
comp
consummate
perfect
gather
collate
systemize
marshal
UK
systematize
US
style
do
catalyse
UK
fix in position
fix together
spit out
weave
derive
bang out
die-cast
mill
cobble
machine
tool
anthologize
sort out
accumulate
amass
combine
collect
link
draw on
excogitate
premeditate
slate
budget
contemplate
lay down
define
calculate
forecast
detail
represent
systematise
UK
marshall
US
bring together
thrash out
grind out
work up
think ahead
ground
write
quarterback
rough out
fix up
steer
meditate
intrigue
chalk out
affect
influence
whomp up
bargain for
fix to
rough in
lay in provisions
reckon on
figure on
innovate
guide
determine
hang
author
adapt
instigate
achieve
regulate
condition
remodel
issue
hash out
swing
grow
modify
convert
become
conceive of
carry out
cause to happen
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or get ready
lead up
build up
get ready
make ready
prepare
anticipate
arrange
fit
construct
formulate
assemble
produce
develop
compose
ready
make
fabricate
fashion
craft
supply
draft
US
calculate
plan
edit
lay
adapt
devise
adjust
frame
conceive
organize
US
design
contrive
concoct
equip
form
chart
perfect
choreograph
project
furnish
cast
outfit
fix
prep
budget
shape
blueprint
accoutre
jack up
make provision
make up
set up
groom
get up
settle on
lay out
draught
UK
scheme out
organise
UK
endow
turn out
work out
strategize about
put in order
map out
put together
fit out
fill in
work up
smooth the way
draw up
think up
appoint
create
hatch
prime
outline
scheme
plot
cook up
set
orchestrate
provide
invent
brew
engineer
build
originate
forge
dream up
fix up
tailor
sketch
whip up
map
mastermind
block out
set out
rustle up
manage
sketch out
line up
array
gear up
qualify
arm
season
gear
compile
kit out
rig out
delineate
throw together
manufacture
schedule
stock
vamp
coordinate
represent
rough out
marshal
UK
rig
train
conspire
modify
direct
draw
intend
plan out
come up with
marshall
US
brace
excogitate
brainstorm
accommodate
trump up
knock up
propose
purpose
process
condition
strategize
make arrangements for
suit
provision
write
reset
establish
mobilize
US
erect
codify
work
gird
systematize
US
mobilise
UK
do
make provisions
sort out
aim
rig up
systematise
UK
knock together
slate
think out
install
US
coin
figure out
fit up
model
knock off
premeditate
mold
US
detail
initialize
US
kit up
initialise
UK
poise
intrigue
stage
think ahead
treat
evolve
instal
UK
make arrangements
meditate
forearm
mould
UK
quarterback
give
chalk out
doctor
put
purport
load
make available
reckon on
gather
mean
accouter
convert
compute
facilitate
programme
UK
systemize
timetable
program
US
adumbrate
render
make preparations
generate
alter
transform
orient
administrate
spawn
get set
order
discover
dress
range
rough
mount
skeleton
reorganize
US
see to
manipulate
constitute
piece together
kit
bring together
look after
drum up
classify
vamp up
confect
make plans for
refine
plan ahead
mock up
do the necessary
get everything ready
reorganise
UK
knock out
put up
bring about
structure
methodize
slap together
be in charge of
be responsible for
make plans
take the necessary steps
pencil in
restart
configure
illustrate
describe
pattern
steel
cover
get
spread
coach
empower
contemplate
stagger
codetermine
hew
forecast
educate
enable
depict
make suitable
draw plans of
work something out
take on
steer
trace
fortify
assign
allot
allocate
reconfigure
bargain for
figure on
fix to
rough in
lay in provisions
provide with
collate
estimate
issue
finish
publish
clean
plot out
trace out
rattle off
bestow
regale
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
pen
comp
indite
scare up
prefab
envisage
compound
batch
mature
envision
deliver
launch
initiate
temper
warm up
arm oneself
piece
spitball
cost
impart
connect
join
anthologize
accumulate
combine
collect
mix
amass
link
engender
invest
rear
raise
book
dispense
make out
list out
pave the way
account
cause
determine
occasion
induce
acclimate
acclimatize
US
fix together
gear oneself up
gear up for
decide
settle
deck out
prioritise
UK
predict
prioritize
US
phase
trap out
trick out
trick up
regiment
fudge together
bang out
stage-manage
stir up
mix up
ad lib
run up
write out
resolve
gird up one's loins
make fitting
synthesize
US
soften
conform
set down
cater
put in place
register
implement
synthesise
UK
yield
complete
actualize
effect
diary
put in motion
set in motion
purvey
acclimatise
UK
reserve
shape up
come to an agreement
agree to
come to terms
set stage
iron out
agree on
make preparations for
come to terms about
pull things together
prepare for
cost out
card
note
make financial arrangements
lay on
prepare hastily
patch together
beget
whip out
cobble up
sculpture
eke out
cobble together
churn out
charge
arrange for
run
stand
destine
hammer out
bring into existence
fit together
aspire
slot in
write in one's book
fix a time for
put down
muster
distribute
group
machinate
add
brush
comb
style
rank
seat
regulate
endeavor
US
strive
endeavour
UK
define
cogitate
parcel out
mete out
spread out
dispose
shepherd
imagine
conduct
preen
primp
straighten
characterize
US
spark
focus
seek
prepare to use
prepare to fire
fill
distinguish
stock up
institute
found
start
attempt
angle
try
comb out
do up
crunch
begin
concert
be eager
wish
hope
essay
want
target
prescribe
deal with
ad-lib
zoom in on
look
set your sights on
zero in on
characterise
UK
paint
set the tone
head trip
play it by ear
dope out
fake it
get off
hit on
think of
see about
get together
get going
start up
lay the foundations of
psych yourself up
prepare yourself
ready yourself
take care of
lick into shape
get off the ground
straighten out
budget for
set the boundaries of
set the pace
set forth
set the scene
lay the groundwork
change
await
attend
take care
expect
crack
encrypt
decrypt
hack
decipher
mine
post
sort
merge
scan
store
transmit
declassify
compress
scrape
filter
fetch
archive
transfer
restore
redesign
customize
US
revise
reconcile
remodel
refashion
restyle
rework
reshape
amend
improve
redo
vary
revamp
reconstruct
tweak
square
readjust
bend
metamorphose
customise
UK
make improvements to
make alterations to
make adjustments to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become improved or more advanced
progress
develop
advance
evolve
grow
improve
mature
upgrade
augment
refine
update
ameliorate
expand
modernise
UK
modernize
US
revolutionise
UK
revolutionize
US
transform
blossom
build up
flourish
increase
make progress
prosper
thrive
build
come along
come of age
come on
gain ground
get better
get on
make headway
make strides
move on
scale up
shape up
take steps forward
work up
be getting there
better
grow up
roll up
become better
ripen
straighten up
make first rate
turn over new leaf
perfect
strengthen
extend
heighten
move forward
elevate
boost
forge ahead
work out
enhance
raise
lift
foster
polish
promote
amplify
further
magnify
aggrandize
improve on
cultivate
fortify
intensify
smarten
step up
reinforce
enrich
reenforce
supplement
uplift
brush up
build on
beef up
compound
smarten up
straighten out
fine-tune
touch up
fast-track
burgeon
succeed
boom
rocket
skyrocket
get on well
go great guns
be successful
bear fruit
unfold
enlarge
hone
elaborate
push
change
unroll
move
drive
metamorphose
emerge
alter
spread
proceed
transmogrify
differentiate
adapt
head
go
educe
derive
continue
shoot
truck
speed
practice
US
practise
UK
work on
push forward
push ahead
move ahead
move onward
go forth
press on
push on
press forward
cover ground
work one's way
march on
open out
go forward
adapt yourself
bloom
get ahead
get somewhere
rise
do well
age
make inroads
go places
flower
take the next step
move forward in leaps and bounds
pick up
season
take shape
maturate
mushroom
move up
shine
meliorate
arrive
show improvement
make it
fare well
culminate
prime
reach adulthood
mend
optimize
US
achieve
bourgeon
optimise
UK
propel
score
go well
look up
shoot up
spread your wings
fly high
get places
go on
be a success
arise
be promoted
motor
gain
rally
drive forward
take it to the next level
batten
pull ahead
continue ahead
make headway with
change for the better
excel
prevail
polish up on
triumph
revamp
level up
appreciate
be in good health
go up
make the grade
make good
cut it
come to fruition
get going
develop well
envigorate
UK
take a turn for the better
perk up
be in the pink
go to town
make the big time
help
invigorate
US
turn out well
hit it big
run riot
climb
mellow
complement
germinate
march
give a boost
peak
better oneself
make one's way
step forward
climb the ladder
work one's way up
be elevated
show progress
be fine and dandy
ascend
show promise
keep going
make ground
graduate
spruce up
take to the next level
add value to
embellish
train
pick up speed
make up for lost time
proceed forward
profit
soup up
hasten
launch
bolster
sharpen
turn out
convalesce
forge ahead with
multiply
bring forward
get with it
rectify
burst forth
recuperate
get ahead of
yield
produce
wax
correct
amend
reform
fix up
transcend
gain promotion
crack on
be strong
be well
be vigorous
industrialize
US
technologize
civilize
US
reach maturity
elaborate on
temper
top up
tighten up
polish up
make perfect
endow
illume
inflate
burnish
consolidate
vitalize
stimulate
boost up
smooth
make a go
grow vigorously
do wonders
get there
grow well
make good speed
grow rich
become rich
go ahead
have legs
catch on
be enriched
star
be in good shape
shift up
make better
become adult
be fully developed
develop fully
be in its heyday
stand out
figure
be on the up
be fully grown
round out
be full-grown
fill out
make a breakthrough
recover
fix
mitigate
assuage
forward
remediate
redress
get better at
perform
lead
work hard at
brush up on
devote oneself to
be in your prime
be on top of the heap
go up in the world
feature
exalt
be skilful
be brilliant
be excellent
be outstanding
civilise
UK
industrialise
UK
prefer
sparkle
glow
dominate
be take on a new lease of life
turn the corner
be on the road to recovery
be given on a new lease of life
make a comeback
turn a corner
be on the mend
bounce back
convert
turn it up
step it up
reign supreme
be proficient
be expert
be talented
be very good
be pre-eminent
be unparalleled
be unrivalled
be good at
be good
be skilled at
be skilled
be without equal
stand out in a crowd
be unsurpassed
be the best
be second to none
wear the crown
come into your own
be unequalled
have a gift
have a gift for
be unexampled
steal the show
crank it up
go far
step up one's game
increase one's intensity
rise to the next level
take it to the limit
propel forward
take it up a notch
raise one's game
kick it up a notch
elevate one's game
boost one's game
pick up the pace
carry all before you
strike it big
crack it
attain control
achieve success
attain ascendancy
hit the jackpot
gain ascendancy
carry all before one
get to the top
gain control
carry off
hit the target
beat the game
yield results
beat the system
give a higher position to
kick upstairs
give promotion to
improve the position of
improve the status of
give a higher rank to
place in a higher rank
come about
be someone
make your mark
gain advancement
make a name
find a place in the sun
do all right for oneself
move up in the world
set the Thames on fire
rise in the world
advance oneself
achieve a great deal
make a name for oneself
climb the ladder of success
set the world on fire
make one's way in the world
get on in the world
do well for oneself
grow older
grow feeble
become older
put mileage on
grow old
get along
become old
advance in years
more ❯
Verb
▲
To express approval or admiration of
praise
commend
acclaim
compliment
extol
laud
admire
aggrandize
celebrate
endorse
honor
US
honour
UK
applaud
appreciate
cheer
congratulate
eulogise
UK
eulogize
US
hail
speak highly of
accredit
ballyhoo
boost
credit
encourage
heap praise on
panegyrize
pay tribute to
salute
sing the praises of
toast
tout
advocate
approve of
build up
crack up
ennoble
express admiration for
express approval of
hand it to
kudize
pay homage to
pay respects to
proclaim
puff up
rave about
recommend
sanction
say nice things about
show appreciation for
speak well of
wax lyrical about
big up
cite
clap
cry up
dignify
distinguish
go into raptures about
make much of
pat on the back
praise to the skies
take one's hat off to
throw bouquets at
glorify
magnify
exalt
lionize
US
emblazon
lionise
UK
hymn
bless
idolize
US
carol
extoll
resound
idolise
UK
put on a pedestal
elevate
augment
glamorize
US
romanticize
US
idealize
US
revere
worship
venerate
glamourize
reverence
apotheosize
glamour up
idealise
UK
romanticise
UK
glamorise
UK
stroke
approve
countenance
mention
hero-worship
esteem
deify
look on with favour
enhance
halo
erect
lift
intensify
uprear
sublime
transfigure
hear it for
gold star
hats off to
hold in awe
look up to
give a posy
promote
increase
canonize
US
immortalize
US
hold in high esteem
hold in high regard
enshrine
adorn
add dignity to
raise
lift up
welcome
adore
set on pedestal
set on a pedestal
heroize
add distinction to
sing
rhapsodize over
rhapsodize about
sound the praises of
hike
immortalise
UK
canonise
UK
add lustre to
flatter
sing paeans to
big something up
put up
wax lyrical
recognize
US
recognise
UK
rave
plug
favor
US
favour
UK
push
commemorate
root
support
value
acknowledge
go into raptures over
root for
give recognition to
vaunt
rhapsodize
US
vouch for
sing praises
felicitate
praise enthusiastically
rhapsodise
UK
gush about
enthuse about
enthuse over
gush over
give a big hand
crack someone up
give it up for
back
go on about
express delight over
go wild about
be mad about
think highly of
hurrah
gush
hurray
rave over
respect
effuse
fuss
slobber
enthuse
drool
advance
effervesce
accept
suggest
show appreciation of
bring the house down
espouse
give a hand
give bouquet
put your hands together
give a standing ovation
give a bouquet
give a round of applause
champion
approbate
urge
adopt
okay
advise
think well of
care for
look on with favor
be in favor of
receive favorably
pat on back
subscribe to
press for
rubber-stamp
stand by
lobby for
flash on
give the nod to
stand up for
take a shine to
argue for
wish joy to
be on one's side
regard highly
take to
buck for
thumbs up
campaign for
tilt toward
put in a good word
receive gladly
rejoice with
OK
take a liking to
herald
affirm
uphold
pay respects
sing praises of
take off hat to
give credit for
give ovation
express respect for
show appreciation
fête
prize
adulate
fete
regard
consider
give someone a pat on the back
whistle
rate highly
express admiration of
belaud
show gratitude to
be grateful for
shout
yell
hoot
roll out the red carpet
wish one well
wish happy returns
give regards
give a big cigar
shout for
give approval
blow horn
give kudos
give it up
applaud someone to the echo
strike gently
clap one's hands
be enthusiastic
be effusive
holler for
cheer on
bubble over
rise to
express approval for
hold in respect
sound off for
brag about
give a boost to
givea bouquet
put one's hands together for
bubble
go wild
go crazy
go into raptures
go mad
exaggerate
be mad
be wild
be passionate
talk excitedly
go over the top
get all worked up
show enthusiasm
be wild about
be excited
fall all over
be delighted
carry on about
make a to-do
salute someone for
toast someone for
thank someone for
express gratitude for
pay tribute to someone for
give thanks for
brag
boast
overstate
overvalue
propose
depend on it
believe in
put your faith in
have faith in
go on the record for
trust
be certain
count on
bank on
swear by
be satisfied with
depend on
rely on
offer
proffer
nominate
pose
table
proposition
tip
prescribe
be in favour of
submit
present
second
be all for
put in a good word for
offer a suggestion
look with favour on
hold up
give a tip
put forward
go on record for
speak favourably of
tip off
front for
beat the drum for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To acquire or store an increasing number or quantity of
collect
accumulate
gather
amass
assemble
hoard
save
stockpile
store
garner
stash
build up
heap up
lay in
lay up
rack up
run up
scrape together
store up
treasure
stash away
bring together
pick up
round up
scare up
get hold of
tot up
cache
keep
stow
reserve
squirrel away
stock
put away
put by
salt away
put aside
lay by
set aside
stow away
put down
lay away
stock up
keep in reserve
draw together
load up on
accrue
clean up
glean
scrounge
raise
muster
rake together
scratch together
scrape up
dredge up
rake up
rustle up
pile up
buy up
stock up on
build up stocks
keep on hand
put away for a rainy day
lay aside
deposit
preserve
squirrel
hide
put to one side
husband
hold
bank
sock away
retain
conserve
mount up
acquire
scrimp
allocate
stack up
save up
stock up with
withhold
put aside for rainy day
spare
earmark
cumulate
hide away
hive
pile
invest
hang on to
park
pack away
load up
save for rainy day
buildup
add
devote
defer
dedicate
secure
harvest
aggregate
economize
US
accrete
cull
economise
UK
rake
get together
put together
amound
put in the hole
amass supplies of
obtain a store of
hill
bulk up
place
put
plant
pack
tuck
archive
put in the bank
gather in
add up
pull in
mothball
warehouse
put by for a rainy day
maintain
reposit
hutch
silo
ensile
bury
pack up
put up
roll up
get in supplies of
put aside for a rainy day
tidy away
put in storage
tidy up
put in store
lock up
put into storage
lock away
possess
shelve
conceal
file
repress
heap
stifle
hold back
keep hold of
hold fast to
retain possession of
hold on to
keep possession of
keep for oneself
hold in
lay down
hang onto
hold onto
cling to
set by
retain in one's possession
keep to yourself
not part with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To flatter or compliment excessively
praise
flatter
compliment
adore
adulate
revere
venerate
elevate
glorify
inveigle
lionise
UK
lionize
US
stroke
bootlick
cajole
fawn over
gush over
rave over
sweet-talk
worship
brownnose
brown-nose
build up
butter up
fall all over
kiss one's feet
play up to
put on a pedestal
suck up to
work over
compliment excessively
lay it on thick
soft-soap
spread it on
work on
overpraise
charm
blarney
humour
UK
humor
US
honey
fawn
rub the right way
massage
oil
puff
belaud
wheedle
soften
fawn on
hero-worship
be all over
grovel
flannel
blandish
panegyrize
court
snow
smooth-talk
beslaver
express admiration for
wax lyrical about
ingratiate oneself with
pander to
creep to
crawl to
toady
admire
commend
himor
laud
slaver
pay tribute to
puff up
pay court to
pay blandishments to
cater to
say nice things about
sweeten up
make much of
lay it on with a trowel
massage one's ego
apple polish
butter up to
soothe
stroke one's ego
exalt
fawn upon
roose
persuade
coax
rub up the right way
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
make up to
curry favor with
US
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
demean oneself to
curry favour
UK
bow and scrape to
prevail on
prostrate oneself to
talk into
be servile towards
toady to
grovel to
get round
suck up
kowtow to
curry favor
US
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
truckle to
dance attendance on
kowtow
truckle
crawl
woo
beguile
lick someone's boots
apple-polish
entice
creep
win over
be servile
influence
be obsequious
lure
cringe
pander
palaver
ingratiate yourself
induce
tempt
sway
fuss
cower
humble oneself
prostrate oneself
be sycophantic
bow and scrape
lay it on
seduce
urge
bring round
behave obsequiously
abase yourself
soften up
talk
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
allure
be obsequious to
worm
convince
get
stoop
con
argue
coerce
fall on one's knees
kiss up to
smoodge to
pay court
try to get on the good side of
seek the favour of
honey up
defer to
defer
submit
yield
be servile to
be sycophantic to
crouch
press
abase oneself before
kneel
hook
wangle
cultivate
eat crow
importune
ingratiate
give in
snivel
bow to
prevail upon
rope in
knuckle under
kiss-up
scratch one's back
finagle
try to win over
argue into
soap
barter
arm-twist
throw oneself at someone's feet
kiss the feet of
submit to
get around
solicit
play up
concede
kiss someone's feet
get in with
cozy up
back-scratch
humiliate yourself
prostrate oneself before
eat humble pie
draw
win the favor of
overdo it
sweet talk
bend the knee
give way
make up
smoodge
prod
make
plague
twist one's arm
pester
come on
decoy
talk someone into something
tease
encourage
jawbone
reason
quail
use flattery
talk blarney
implore
genuflect
show respect for
pamper
eat dirt
demean oneself
sell
fold
toe the mark
say uncle
lie down and roll over
bend
prostrate
cave in
go along with
eulogize
US
grovel before
cringe before
fall over oneself for
invite
debase
eulogise
UK
praise to excess
abase
scrape
cotton
jolly
smarm around
bow
cave in to
be at beck and call
sing the praises of
bow and scrape before
praise to the skies
buddy up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring together or amass as a single group or collection
gather
concentrate
mass
amass
conglomerate
unite
concentre
UK
concenter
US
constellate
corral
heap
lump
associate
build up
pile up
bunch up
close with
draw in
draw together
join together
stack up
accumulate
collect
pile
accrete
group
assemble
heap up
aggregate
agglomerate
stack
cluster
stockpile
coalesce
bunch
mound
deposit
round up
bulk up
snowball
gather together
merge
gather up
bundle up
let settle
hoard
dump
store
converge
store up
stock up
rack up
consolidate
convene
forgather
center
US
unify
centre
UK
foregather
congest
meet
compact
crowd
combine
centralize
US
localize
US
focalize
integrate
accrue
centralise
UK
localise
UK
bank
layer
cumulate
make a stack of
make a mound of
make a pile of
amound
compile
congregate
come together
zero in
garner
scare up
lump together
throw together
pull together
focus
join
intensify
medialize
flock
throng
bring to a focus
bring together
herd
press
pack
cram
jam
squeeze
cower
hug
huddle
crowd together
huddle together
huddle up
press close
throng together
snuggle up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To advertise or create publicity for
publicise
UK
publicize
US
promote
plug
advertise
advertize
hype
boost
push
puff
ballyhoo
pitch
spotlight
talk up
tout
merchandise
build up
play up
write up
puff up
spread about
give publicity to
bring to public notice
beat the drum for
bang the drum for
give a puff to
endorse
sell
hype up
bill
promulgate
market
trumpet
flog
blazon
declare
peddle
proclaim
flaunt
publish
advance
spruik
announce
flash
broadcast
herald
display
notify
trailer
blaze
blare
sound
trail
present
show
advise
praise
placard
inform
release
divulge
exhibit
uncover
spot
huckster
blurb
disclose
acquaint
circularize
US
communicate
reveal
drum
post
sponsor
flack
apprise
alert
expose
unmask
enunciate
annunciate
splash
circularise
UK
make known
call attention to
spread around
hard sell
beat the drum
give notice of
shout from the rooftops
make a pitch
run with
put on the map
get on soapbox for
shout out
give a plug to
make public
crack up
soft sell
spread abroad
give out
pump up
commend
mention
big up
namecheck
spin
draw attention to
give a mention to
package
package as
air
circulate
disseminate
report
spread
convey
unveil
state
transmit
impart
brandish
pronounce
showcase
bruit
flourish
express
issue
feature
parade
bruit about
put out
tell
utter
recommend
roll out
disport
voice
produce
pass on
popularize
US
propagandize
US
show off
vent
propagate
propagandise
UK
advocate
manifest
suggest
popularise
UK
assert
set forth
lay out
trot out
spiel
put into words
showboat
raise
articulate
cry
sport
strut
indicate
stage
relay
project
put across
affirm
aggrandize
demonstrate
distribute
profess
talk about
get across
come out with
ventilate
vaunt
say
put on view
evince
intimate
champion
pass
bring to public attention
blazon abroad
verbalize
US
deliver
noise abroad
hawk
relate
purvey
repeat
call
put forward
register
verbalise
UK
make a show of
give voice to
leak
put up for sale
offer for sale
put on display
spell out
put on show
encourage
expound
extol
propound
preach
pass the word
maintain
illustrate
deal in
unfold
denote
signal
shout
moot
discuss
intone
bespeak
phrase
recount
purport
emphasize
US
talk of
stress
detail
outline
admit
put about
clarify
bruit abroad
confess
emphasise
UK
give utterance to
give expression to
put
bring into the open
give away
wave around
bring out
back
decree
boast
gazette
vend
blast
gossip
trade
spout
retail
rumour
UK
rumor
US
campaign for
protest
sound off
preconize
let it be known
get behind
exchange
set out
traffic in
noise
mark
vocalize
US
ostend
table
cry up
espouse
cite
press-agent
word
debate
claim
submit
speak of
betray
propose
opine
allege
connote
argue
mouth
introduce
headline
testify
press
look
give
describe
asseverate
broach
aver
break
speak
spill
mutter
avouch
spread the word
frame
put on the market
imply
modulate
vocalise
UK
offer
address
explain
render
print
flash about
whisper
summarise
UK
summarize
US
translate
let on
put in a good word for
make a great show of
signify
get out
make an exhibition of
display ostentatiously
raise awareness
let it all hang out
go into
get off
make clear
speak about
lay down
pop off
bark
supply
give notice
preview
brag
toot
upsell
swagger
pass round
make popular
celebrate
swank
beat the drum about
put up in lights
scream
sound loudly
crow
mainstream
make official
renown
splatter
gloat
grandstand
bare
telecast
inscribe
depict
overpraise
call out
shove in your face
acknowledge
immortalise
UK
skywrite
immortalize
US
soft-sell
billboard
build
stream
tweet
ring out
spring
make manifest
make obvious
put before the public
speak well of
acclaim
make a pitch for
show excerpts of
pump out
trade in
array
blow up
have printed
blow wide open
put in print
lodge
issue a statement about
dangle
wave
hand on
talk
dispose of
put on sale
make a statement
read out
model
examine
run off at mouth
streak
hotdog
wield
put on the airwaves
let out
write
share
ring up
let on about
get through
postulate
hang
arrange
shift
sift
scrutinize
US
bring up
out
show and tell
show to the public
put on a display
put on public view
parade one's wares
strut stuff
put on the air
televise
deliberate
thresh out
scrutinise
UK
give an airing to
free
talk over
discourse
bring out into the open
take up
make a scene
throw in one's face
spring on
smack with
break out
whip out
fan it
exclaim
put on
exult in
further
recite
attest
note
remark
proselytize
US
reflect
leak out
bandy about
pass around
be passed around
go the rounds
come out
persuade
contend
vouch
blurt
plead
chatter
predicate
enounce
orate
mumble
betoken
evidence
evoke
hustle
proselytise
UK
quote
retell
chirp
narrate
perorate
rehearse
swear
specify
yammer
pipe
read
blab
soliloquize
drawl
jaw
yak
regurgitate
lip
gab
gas
murmur
declaim
inform people
talk into
get acceptance for
sweet talk
persuade someone to accept
speak for
gain acceptance for
get support for
convince someone of the merits of
win someone over to
soft-soap
win approval for
bring someone round to
merchandize
turn over
persuade people to buy
infer
put forth
reel off
throw out
sound out
pipe up with
couch
let people know
spread the news
tell people
stump
avow
import
designate
formulate
point to
be evidence of
be a sign of
tell of
point toward
asservate
inflect
insinuate
hint
intonate
state publicly
blaze abroad
yell
reassert
clothe
allegate
roar
reaffirm
shout from the housetops
get on a soapbox
spread it around
shoot off one's mouth
wholesale
barter
make out
give utterance
put over
get over
give expression
speak out
point out
bring forward
attest to
give testimony
pour out
put in words
testify to
give vent to
bear witness
punctuate
underscore
highlight
put up
underline
accentuate
illuminate
foreground
accent
focus attention on
give prominence to
point up
set off
italicize
US
make a feature of
give the full works
italicise
UK
make conspicuous
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a theory or suggestion
)
To put forward
advance
present
declare
pose
proffer
put forward
advocate
air
expound
introduce
propose
proposition
state
allege
broach
cite
exhibit
exhort
express
impart
offer
pitch
propound
raise
submit
adduce
deliver
expose
lay out
moot
mount
plug
prescribe
set forth
suggest
volunteer
aggrandize
ballyhoo
beat the drum for
bounce
build up
come up with
exalt
hype
lay forward
make a pitch for
make known
offer as a suggestion
publish
puff
put on the map
put up
serve
throw out
throw spotlight on
cry up
thump the tub for
tender
table
mention
bring up
give
bring forward
posit
ventilate
recommend
vote
lodge
prefer
move
touch on
place
allude to
name
extend
specify
note
bring
file
point out
quote
propone
drop
register
press
provide
float
lay
enter
recount
refer to
produce
advert to
touch upon
instance
notice
trot out
put
make a pitch
discuss
advise
talk about
speak of
throw up
make reference to
report
reveal
refer
detail
indicate
say
intimate
postulate
relate
ask
counsel
hold out
tell of
call attention to
point to
initiate
argue
yield
bid
put forth
announce
roll out
tell
render
reference
identify
invoke
set before
divulge
make a motion
hand out
utter
advert
venture
voice
put in
remark on
spell out
hint at
comment on
hand in
nominate
contend
query
question
stage
put on
show
assert
solicit
demo
contribute
bring about
promote
supply
put on the table
recite
establish
canvass
vent
get together
bring out
commit
record
open
lay before
enumerate
move for
set out
furnish
disclose
hit on
lay down
acknowledge
designate
communicate
talk of
raise a subject
put on record
let out
draw attention to
let on about
breathe a word of
speak about
make mention of
let anyone know of
sell
bring something up
have in mind
illustrate
demonstrate
display
sound
unveil
forward
frame
issue
bear
carry
organize
US
convey
bring forth
acquaint
launch
hypothesize
US
peddle
project
ask about
reproduce
define
take out
notify
remark
preview
turn
translate
transpose
urge
promulgate
invite
affirm
spitball
request
kibitz
spread
give an introduction
cast
manifest
get the answer to
seek the answer to
let someone know of
show off
opine
speculate
conjecture
essay
hypothesise
UK
make acquainted with
fix up
open to view
acquaint with
put on display
put before the public
run something up the flagpole
test the popularity of
run something up the flagpole to see who salutes
exemplify
list
itemize
US
evoke
dare to say
organise
UK
put to
evidence
itemise
UK
recall
recollect
proclaim
address
explore
make an offer of
put in a bid of
make an offer
describe
speak one's piece
attest to
send in
approach
harbinger
herald
cover
get down to brass tacks
narrate
lay on the line
press for
rehearse
canvas
set
catalogue
UK
particularize
US
interject
enter on
open up
interpose
embark on
try out
raise subject
raise the subject of
inform of
chronicle
treat
speak
delineate
inquire
US
explain
enquire
UK
chart
come out with
bring together
grant
exchange views on
deliberate about
exchange views about
bring in
talk through
go into
talk over
confer about
converse about
deal with
donate
make somebody aware of
bring to somebody's attention
turn somebody on to
open up on
bestow
give somebody a taste for
spring with
gift
share
confer
particularise
UK
catalog
US
accord
give an account of
subsidize
US
sacrifice
subsidise
UK
set down
finger
let oneself in for
kick in
pitch in
stump up
throw in
chip in
dole out
give away
namedrop
namecheck
give as an example
more ❯
Verb
▲
To state or claim too much
overstate
exaggerate
overdo
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
amplify
catastrophize
color
US
colour
UK
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
embellish
embroider
enhance
inflate
magnify
overdraw
overestimate
overplay
boast
boost
brag
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
enlarge
exalt
expand
fabricate
fudge
heighten
hike
hyperbolize
lie
misquote
misreport
misrepresent
overstress
pad
puff
put on
blow up
build up
play up
emphasize too much
blow out of proportion
draw the long bow
lay it on thick
make too much of something
blow up out of all proportion
make a big thing out of
make a mountain out of a molehill
stretch
elaborate on
aggrandize
falsify
elaborate
pyramid
distort
make a federal case of
corrupt
romanticize
US
caricature
make a production out of
romanticise
UK
stretch the truth
cook up
go to extremes
overrate
puff up
make a mountain out of
magnify importance
overvalue
intensify
oversell
overpitch
up
overexaggerate
romance
scam
over-elaborate
pile it on
make a big thing of
add colour
lay it on with a trowel
blow something out of all proportion
lay it on with a shovel
lay on
draw the longbow
shoot a line
blow up out of proportion
pretty up
loud talk
pile it on about
lay it on thick about
big up
make a drama out of a crisis
varnish
gild
lay it on with a trowel about
add detail to
overelaborate
yeast
touch up
flesh out
blow-up
add flesh to
make federal case
jazz up
enlarge on
dress up
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
overembellish
distend
ginger up
overdramatize
overuse
go overboard with
do to death
belabour
UK
pile on
carry
fatigue
overload
overreach
belabor
US
camp up
overwork
overburden
overtax
overtire
ham up
pressure
overindulge
hype
talk big
make a thing about
strain yourself
pull the longbow
go overboard
drive oneself
make a thing of
run riot
wear down
make a production of
wear yourself out
go too far
make a big thing about
lay it on
bite off too much
run into the ground
make a big deal out of something
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give greater praise than due
overrate
overestimate
overvalue
glorify
overprize
oversell
magnify
overpraise
over-praise
assess too highly
exaggerate
exceed
overassess
overesteem
overreckon
rate too highly
think
exaggerate the worth of
blow up
build up
praise too highly
prize too highly
attach too much importance to
exaggerate the merits of
make too much of something
think too highly of
think too much of
expect too much of
hype
Verb
▲
To gain weight, especially muscle
bulk up
build up
gain muscle
gain weight
pad out
increase size
make gains
big up
train
work out
pump iron
go to the gym
exercise
build muscle
do weights
Verb
▲
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresent
distort
garble
misstate
pervert
belie
falsify
misinterpret
warp
disguise
fudge
misreport
twist
misquote
bend
color
US
colour
UK
cook
misrelate
parody
slant
strain
conceal
manipulate
travesty
adulterate
angle
beard
bias
blarney
cheese
cloak
con
confuse
dress
embellish
embroider
equivocate
exaggerate
lie
mangle
mask
miscolor
overdraw
overstate
palter
pirate
prevaricate
promote
puff
skew
snow
stretch
quote out of context
take out of context
blow smoke
build up
cover up
give a false account of
give a false idea of
pass off
phony up
put a spin on
trump up
alter
doctor
change
fake
tamper with
rig
fiddle
massage
fix
interfere with
tinker with
juggle
fiddle with
misconstrue
forge
modify
spin
corrupt
transform
contort
amend
muddle
obscure
mistranslate
misrender
meddle with
mess about with
mislead
deceive
whitewash
varnish
airbrush
dress up
prejudice
fabricate
counterfeit
influence
masquerade
misattribute
magnify
suppress
pad
veil
dissimulate
screen
hide
put the wrong slant on
affect
put words in someone's mouth
cook the books
gloss over
put on an act
doctor up
jumble
weight
blur
slur
mutilate
mix up
mold
US
shape
mould
UK
twist around
misarticulate
tamper
weigh
quote
invent
quote incorrectly
debase
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
vitiate
hyperbolize
contravene
salt
four-flush
traverse
gloss
deacon
fib
flimflam
diddle
finagle
poison
trim
rearrange
shuffle
cover
give a false impression of
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
fake it
frame up
occult
blanket
shroud
enshroud
curtain
revamp
edit
revise
rework
change round
subvert
cut
alloy
desecrate
make changes to
make adjustments to
make alterations to
elaborate on
blot out
paper over
patch
perform magic
cook up
touch up
varnish over
pretend
give a false picture of
make a pretense of
falsely represent
dissemble
minimize
US
veneer
downplay
feign
sugarcoat
secrete
extenuate
bluff
simulate
give a false identity to
minimise
UK
sham
camouflage
keep secret
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
put on a front
sweep under the carpet
keep dark
put up a front
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
sweep under the rug
shield
envelop
bury
block out
cloud
eclipse
shadow
mantle
wrap
cache
surround
block
shade
befog
overlay
ensconce
swathe
canopy
smother
obstruct
adumbrate
drape
obliterate
blind
stash
stonewall
keep hidden
blank out
keep out of sight
cocoon
front
becurtain
clothe
burke
finesse
launder
keep under wraps
wallpaper
stifle
plant
stow
obfuscate
tuck away
black out
put in a hole
not breathe a word of
muffle
overshadow
board up
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
bush up
fog
mist
haze
shelter
dim
darken
bedim
blear
overcast
overcloud
encase
becloud
hinder
dislimn
cast a shadow over
benight
blacken
bemist
pettifog
put out of sight
murk
obnubilate
shutter
enfold
enwrap
seclude
carpet
pall
submerge
coat
close
separate
gird
hem
sheathe
umbrage
overspread
crown
top
overlie
cap
shut in
block off
shut off
shut out
wall off
pave
extend over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To (attempt to) influence, persuade or pressure someone, typically politically
lobby
influence
persuade
petition
press
pressure
push
urge
solicit
sway
appeal
importune
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
appeal to
call on
induce
pitch
politick
procure
request
sell
soft-sell
soft-soap
sweet-talk
try to persuade
apply pressure
build up
campaign for
hard sell
high pressure
sell one on
sway opinion
bring pressure to bear on
exert influence
press your case
pull strings
put pressure on
seek to influence
solicit votes
try to influence
make a pitch for
bring pressure to bear
Verb
▲
To do something repeatedly so as to become skilled
practice
US
rehearse
exercise
study
hone
sharpen
train
work
attempt
iterate
polish
repeat
try
drill
habituate
prepare
recite
run over
shake-down
work at
become seasoned
build up
do again
dress rehearse
dry run
go over
go through
run through
try out
tune up
walk through
warm up
work out
practise
UK
take from the top
have a practice session
run down
have a trial performance
go through one's paces
recapitulate
recap
work on
improve performance
spar
get into shape
shadowbox
learn one's part
run lines
read through
perfect
refine
do exercises
keep your hand in
do drills
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reconstruct something into its original, or an improved, condition
rebuild
repair
reconstruct
restore
recondition
revamp
renovate
refurbish
fix
patch
remake
recreate
reconstitute
rehab
reestablish
reassemble
reform
restructure
reerect
build
remanufacture
do up
touch up
build up
remodel
overhaul
modernize
US
rework
refashion
reorganize
US
rehabilitate
redo
doctor
recast
regenerate
rejuvenate
reorient
reproduce
reshuffle
replace
retool
remold
US
reorganise
UK
remould
UK
modernise
UK
make over
fix up
re-establish
re-form
breathe new life into
piece together
mend
renew
refit
redevelop
refresh
update
improve
revitalize
US
service
bring up to date
revive
revitalise
UK
upgrade
revivify
redecorate
reinvent
put back together
bring up to code
vamp up
patch up
reanimate
spruce
retread
re-equip
resuscitate
redesign
revise
recover
refurnish
adjust
amend
spruce up
reinstate
re-create
reinvigorate
rectify
retouch
rekindle
reawaken
freshen
resurrect
recharge
refreshen
refabricate
restitute
change
redevise
fettle
tart up
furbish
face-lift
give something a facelift
set right
set to rights
uplift
reinforce
rewake
rewaken
kick-start
invigorate
US
exhilarate
envigorate
UK
redeem
tune
produce again
make good
put right
brighten up
restore to working order
freshen up
give a shot in the arm to
bring back
make as good as new
get into shape
give a new look to
transform
gentrify
establish again
develop
maintain
do
inspirit
vamp
emend
restart
produce
stimulate
regulate
create again
change radically
go over
remaster
correct
see to
gussy up
salvage
rescue
get something working
raise from the dead
smarten up
give a shot in the arm
tune up
bring into the twenty-first century
fiddle with
give a face-lift
create anew
straighten out
make whole
alter
modify
cover
repeat
reinstall
copy
adapt
reopen
restate
rewire
convert
settle
rebrand
vary
replenish
resume
reaffirm
reequip
realign
strengthen
streamline
put back
smarten
give a face-lift to
get working again
put in order
give a facelift to
better
contemporize
give facelift
shake up
fine tune
make fit for use
put back into its original condition
reshape
restyle
reformat
build again
make again
return to a former position
return to a former state
reclaim
pep up
buck up
clean up
put new heart into
make younger
put new life into
put some spark into
add some zest to
restore vitality to
pimp out
pimp up
give new life to
make young again
make someone feel young again
give face lift to
sort
cure
remedy
heal
beet
tinker
condition
clout
botch
glue
cobble
spetch
ranter
ready
set up
debug
put to rights
change the format
perk up
work on
make well
reactivate
cleanse
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advocate
champion
support
recommend
advise
endorse
favor
US
favour
UK
back
prescribe
promote
uphold
urge
commend
suggest
encourage
propose
defend
espouse
justify
countenance
indorse
patronise
UK
patronize
US
push
sanction
advance
further
plug
tout
bless
bolster
boost
sponsor
vindicate
approve of
argue for
press for
speak for
subscribe to
vouch for
lobby for
plead for
plump for
plunk for
root for
side with
stump for
be in favor of
campaign for
go for
go to bat for
go with
stand up for
brace up
build up
campaign on behalf of
hold with
run interference for
say so
spread around
be in corner
get on bandwagon
give a leg up
give a lift
hold a brief for
ride shotgun
counsel
exhort
second
approve
sustain
push for
assist
help
stick up for
aid
stand behind
maintain
foster
get behind
back up
accept
stand by
throw your weight behind
put forward
be on the side of
take up the cudgels for
extol
condone
approbate
insist on
abet
work for
praise
ally oneself with
agree with
admonish
caution
vote for
fall in with
be all for
go along with
go on record for
prefer
beat the drum for
esteem
preach
protect
embrace
value
forward
appreciate
contribute to
instruct
enjoin
honour
UK
honor
US
tip
fight for
swear by
prompt
adopt
okay
prop up
welcome
stick by
stand for
believe in
tip off
pull for
speak favorably of
take to
be in favour of
put in a good word for
advocate for
speak in favor of
rubber-stamp
demand
nurture
assent
present
move
table
offer
propagandize
US
nominate
proffer
pose
proselytize
US
submit
affirm
establish
bid
proposition
propagandise
UK
proselytise
UK
subscribe
argue
plead
vote
adjure
call for
guide
have faith in
crusade for
succour
UK
ratify
steer
backstop
direct
warn
battle for
yes
succor
US
speak in support of
offer a suggestion
smile on
lend support to
speak up for
go in for
thump for
give backing to
eulogise
UK
eulogize
US
give a tip
be in agreement with
speak highly of
think highly of
rally round
consent to
speak well of
speak in favour of
think well of
care for
look on with favor
give support to
receive favorably
come to the defence of
throw in with
flash on
give the nod to
take a shine to
be on one's side
regard highly
buck for
thumbs up
tilt toward
look up to
put in a good word
receive gladly
OK
take a liking to
spread
proclaim
propound
peddle
clamour for
request
ask for
persuade
befriend
forewarn
seek
contend
stress
bounce
put
float
applaud
fancy
validate
reason
press
fund
finance
facilitate
be a patron of
confirm
verify
invite
profess
benefit
invest in
subsidize
US
bankroll
assert
ally
grubstake
angel
formally support
contend for
give help to
give approval to
be with
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announce one's support for
give moral support
drum up support for
hold a torch for
abide by
opine
charge
command
put on to
put in two cents
hold up one's end
hold to
be supportive of
give a boost
agree to
accord with
assent to
concur with
like
develop
insist upon
subsidise
UK
take someone's part
guarantee
represent
take one's side
throw in one's lot with
stimulate
agitate for
give one's blessing to
favorite
US
favourite
UK
entreat
pave the way for
give a donation to
give money to
rate
trust in
cling to
expedite
look on with favour
come to defense of
take up cudgels for
take up
lend a hand
cooperate with
collude with
spur
connive with
collaborate with
work with
receive wholeheartedly
receive enthusiastically
aid and abet
get into
take to heart
take on
give a push to
be in collusion with
participate in
connive
put up to
offer recommendation
goad
connive at
prod
be hand in glove with
egg on
protest
incubate
cultivate
nurse
nourish
give direction to
give two cents
wise up
give guidance to
give pointer
give advice
give one's suggestions to
give one's opinion to
implore
rationalize
US
substantiate
accede
set store by
be persuaded by
be convinced by
mention
help in
aid in
consent
depend on it
put your faith in
legitimize
US
go on the record for
trust
be certain
explain
count on
legitimise
UK
rationalise
UK
bank on
be satisfied with
compliment
depend on
rely on
acquiesce
exalt
strongly recommend
agree
ditto
beseech
put up
big up
have every confidence in
swear to
hold up
speak favourably of
front for
show to be reasonable
give reasons for
give grounds for
forcefully suggest
impel
recommend forcefully
look with favour on
big something up
cosign
come round
accede to
put John Hancock on
give stamp of approval
give the go-ahead
accelerate
speed up
hasten
speed
fast-track
help along
give a boost to
precipitate
drive
smooth the way for
serve
ease
rush
hurry
motivate
quicken
strengthen
assist the progress of
smooth the path of
clear the way for
make easy
inspire
make easier
smooth
oil the wheels of
open doors
open the door for
spur on
reinforce
simplify
step up
enrich
grease the wheels
make possible
lend a hand to
be of service to
oblige
accommodate
enable
loosen up
make smooth
make smoother
bail out
do someone a favour
improve
clear a path for
hurry up
hand-carry
relieve
walk through
cooperate
attend
wait on
take care of
be of use to
be conducive to
pave the way
set the stage
be advantageous to
fire up
be to the advantage of
fuel
crank up
fortify
raise
progress
rear
foment
invigorate
US
breed
endow
advantage
enhance
dispatch
broaden
escalate
contribute
envigorate
UK
give assistance to
attend to
stump
puff
hype
thump
fast track
profit
push through
buttress
jack up
hike up
bail someone out
do someone a service
pitch in with
help out
open doors for
muck in with
do for
be a factor in
get stuck in with
give a hand
make a pitch for
give a leg up to
put on the map
be a tower of strength to
oil the wheels for
grease wheels
make faster
lend a helping hand to
get someone out of a tight spot
go down the line for
meet the needs of
do a kindness to
feed
speedy
pursue
gestate
grow
tend
court
give a lift to
arouse
hurry along
stoke
keep
teach
further the interests of
assist in
help with
whisk
rev up
give
grease
perk up
make for
unclog
gather momentum
get moving
give a shot in the arm to
mentor
reenforce
deliver
launch
lend support
urge on
dash off
open the door to
conduce to
reduce the difficulty of
lessen the labour of
achieve quickly
make short work of
accomplish quickly
finish quickly
shoot through
better
emphasize
US
ameliorate
build
underline
cement
galvanize
US
intensify
deepen
heighten
embolden
propel
increase
mother
corroborate
buoy
incentify
incentivize
US
empower
underpin
steel
reward
do good to
be good for
befit
suit
instigate
galvanise
UK
energize
US
incentivise
UK
energise
UK
highlight
emphasise
UK
pay off for
be beneficial to
please
be helpful to
gratify
satisfy
drum up
extend
engender
expand
ballyhoo
generate
propagate
bolster up
spoil
be of assistance to
be of help to
be useful to
power
be of advantage to
safeguard
privilege
shore up
buoy up
sit
cradle
father
nursemaid
show partiality towards
minister to
bring up
administer to
treat with partiality
watch over
keep an eye on
smile upon
pull strings for
see to
take charge of
watch out for
baby-sit
keep alive
keep tabs on
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