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What is another word for
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Verb
To increase in extent, amount, or degree
To come, accumulate or gather together into a single mass or collection
To provide encouragement to
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone)
(
of a settlement
)
To plan and begin the building of
To come into possession of
To make or get ready
To become improved or more advanced
To express approval or admiration of
To flatter or compliment excessively
(
of a theory or suggestion
)
To put forward
To state or claim too much
To give greater praise than due
To reinforce the strength or sturdiness of
To gain weight, especially muscle
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
To give a false or misleading account of the nature of
To raise to a more important or impressive level
Noun
A group of accumulated items of a particular kind
An increase in amount, value, or importance
The time leading up to an event
Extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion
A (typically sudden) spurt or build-up of something in great quantities
(
usually "preparations"
)
Something done to get ready for an event or undertaking
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Verb
▲
To increase in extent, amount, or degree
increase
expand
augment
swell
accumulate
aggrandize
amplify
appreciate
boost
compound
escalate
extend
multiply
proliferate
raise
rise
accelerate
balloon
boom
bourgeon
burgeon
enhance
enlarge
gain
gather
grow
mount
mushroom
snowball
spread
stoke
supersize
up
wax
climb
develop
fortify
heighten
hype
improve
intensify
reinforce
strengthen
add to
grow in
mount up
pick up
pump up
roll up
get stronger
stock up
magnify
step up
build
inflate
beef up
widen
rocket
broaden
deepen
jack up
advance
hike up
elevate
soar
shoot up
redouble
lift
accrue
supplement
spiral
upgrade
amass
bump up
skyrocket
hike
surge
make greater
exacerbate
add
aggravate
make larger
consolidate
amp up
accentuate
increment
make bigger
pad
progress
top up
crank up
dilate
flourish
go up
blow up
enrich
get bigger
grow rapidly
thicken
intensate
further
increase rapidly
fill out
double
thrive
exaggerate
parlay
bloom
become more numerous
maximize
US
go through the roof
run up
pile up
jump up
sharpen
exalt
ameliorate
triple
maximise
UK
better
inflame
rouse
spike
make better
flesh out
cultivate
increase in size
upsurge
feed
cumulate
pyramid
spring up
leap up
go through the ceiling
boost up
pump
optimize
US
fatten
lengthen
stretch
collect
propagate
slap on
pullulate
mark up
stimulate
distend
sprout
prosper
optimise
UK
become larger
uplift
worsen
build on
gain strength
get larger
rise rapidly
arise
tone up
flower
explode
jump
put up
flow
top
buttress
soup up
increase exponentially
push up
sweeten
run riot
concentrate
emphasize
US
stress
elaborate
embellish
annex
US
emphasise
UK
puff up
prolong
diversify
teem
swarm
nurture
stockpile
tack on
upscale
ratchet up
fester
annexe
UK
fill
uprise
bolster
increase in scope
scale up
nourish
brighten
make worse
ascend
leap
acquire
pile on
heat up
meliorate
increase in value
spread out
spring
shore up
tone
buck up
endow
subsidise
UK
speed up
supply
fatten up
promote
be jacked up
increase dramatically
subsidize
US
fill up
turn up
jazz up
stuff
make healthy
reequip
secure
become bigger
breed
peak
expatiate
grow greater
grow larger
inject
spur on
send up
puff out
round out
grow quickly
manifold
aggregate
turbocharge
tag on
piggyback
goose up
be added
fetch up
send through the roof
outspread
open
pile
ramp up
protract
diffuse
become greater
upsize
embiggen
spiral upwards
go sky-high
increase suddenly
branch out
make intricate
make complex
grow full
get to
become large
start to be
advertise
revitalize
US
advertize
billow
stack up
surge up
get higher
be hiked up
incline
ape up
succeed
vault
tower
escalade
become more powerful
pervade
metastasize
bloat
reach
rally
revitalise
UK
rise in value
become stronger
come on
do well
harshen
be successful
become strong
spurt
ferment
fuel
tend
luxuriate
pour
rain
overrun
blossom
develop quickly
emerge
spread quickly
be enlarged
be stepped up
be extended
be magnified
be increased
be amplified
go up in price
well
grow stronger
brew
smolder
US
gather steam
smoulder
UK
develop rapidly
burst
detonate
burst forth
go off
mature
get taller
increase in weight
extend operations
broaden one's horizons
refine
put on a spurt
round off
add fuel to fire
eke out
punch up
scale
complement
go from bad to worse
rearm
get into shape
condition
reenforce
upraise
amend
polish
help
perfect
keep burning
mend
rekindle
stir
poke
add fuel to
add value
make richer
hop up
quicken
follow up
jack
stoke up
put fuel on
reflate
lighten
darken
whet
point
accent
produce
tot
underline
set off
add fuel
heap on
pour it on
enforce
put on
add on
increase in
acquire more of something
vitalize
drive forward
spruce up
give a facelift to
fine-tune
give a boost to
add value to
aid
envigorate
UK
titivate
polish up
brush up
inspirit
favour
UK
smarten up
benefit
encourage the growth of
perk up
supercharge
contribute to
invigorate
US
give a lift to
do up
advantage
favor
US
detail
expound
evolve
explicate
foster
sustain
give substance to
prepare
provide for
poise
make strong
give strength to
nurse
nutrify
nerve
ready
make stronger
feed up
more ❯
“None of us are going to
build up
our savings balance by relying on high interest alone.”
Verb
▲
To come, accumulate or gather together into a single mass or collection
accrete
accumulate
amass
collect
mass
concentrate
conglomerate
gather
pile up
stack up
heap up
stockpile
garner
pile
hoard
heap
assemble
lump
store
rack up
lay up
store up
round up
draw together
scrape together
lay in
save
group
stash
stock up
run up
tot up
stash away
treasure
constellate
corral
aggregate
stack
agglomerate
scare up
cache
stow away
stow
lay away
salt away
keep in reserve
lay by
stock
put aside
put down
keep
put away
put by
reserve
squirrel away
set aside
cluster
unite
accrue
concenter
US
coalesce
get hold of
deposit
mound
concentre
UK
pick up
bulk up
bunch
load up on
join together
acquire
snowball
gather together
keep on hand
buy up
stock up on
put away for a rainy day
build up stocks
dump
merge
bundle up
let settle
gather up
cumulate
amound
congregate
compile
converge
clean up
bank
make a stack of
make a mound of
layer
make a pile of
consolidate
unify
centre
UK
meet
convene
forgather
center
US
foregather
congest
crowd
zero in
come together
centralize
US
localize
US
centralise
UK
integrate
localise
UK
compact
combine
focalize
scrounge
glean
scratch together
rake up
raise
rake together
scrape up
dredge up
muster
rustle up
close with
bunch up
draw in
associate
bring together
amalgamate
join
fuse
blend
incorporate
pool
mix
conjoin
focus
marry
synthesize
US
band
synthesise
UK
lump together
get together
assimilate
herd
condense
press
subsume
absorb
marshal
UK
mingle
connect
meld
compound
organize
US
bind
pack
organise
UK
interfuse
affiliate
rally
embody
concatenate
agglutinate
marshall
US
link
link up
become one
heap together
throw
put
batch
bundle
huddle
puddle
array
parcel
package
roll up
convoke
flock
group together
intensify
bring to a focus
medialize
cram
mobilize
US
drive
streamline
throw together
pull together
mobilise
UK
line up
call together
form a group
crowd together
rationalize
US
rationalise
UK
bring in
intermix
homogenize
US
intermingle
mesh
couple
commingle
harmonize
US
emulsify
conjugate
federate
comingle
accommodate
conflate
knit
wed
commix
melt
composite
immix
interweave
add
alloy
yoke
immingle
weld
bring under one roof
jumble
throw in together
harmonise
UK
interpenetrate
put together
melt into
interblend
cement
desegregate
coordinate
interface
symphonize
fold in
homogenise
UK
run into
weld together
embrace
co-opt
take in
more ❯
“The sediment will
build up
in a process called sedimentation, eventually creating fertile land.”
Verb
▲
To provide encouragement to
encourage
motivate
spur
boost
build
buoy
embolden
inspirit
rally
steel
stir
bolster
cheer
fillip
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
hearten
incite
envigorate
UK
invigorate
US
kindle
pique
rouse
uplift
animate
arouse
assure
drive
empower
energise
UK
energize
US
inspire
instigate
vitalize
activate
buoy up
pump up
boost up
fire up
spur on
stir up
cheer on
pep up
whip up
stimulate
enliven
strengthen
fortify
restore
refresh
revitalize
US
revive
buck up
brace
revitalise
UK
excite
quicken
give a shot in the arm to
revivify
move
exhilarate
rejuvenate
raise
give a boost to
renew
reinvigorate
trigger
prop up
regenerate
resuscitate
sustain
awaken
fire
vivify
liven up
prime
perk up
ginger up
work up
reinforce
jazz up
breathe new life into
give new strength to
reassure
spark
impassion
brighten
rev up
provoke
gladden
cheer up
reanimate
inflame
rekindle
induce
dynamize
resurrect
generate
whet
cause
reawaken
engender
recharge
produce
freshen
occasion
spike
actify
juice up
zap
promote
arm
recreate
kick-start
refreshen
jump-start
enkindle
goose
breed
prompt
activize
electrify
put zip into
enable
innervate
get going again
help
re-energize
put some spark into
repair
amp up
zip up
enthuse
move to action
save
incentify
make confident
pick up
give courage to
applaud
push
recondition
lighten
elevate
lift
elate
brighten up
give a lift to
disinhibit
goad
sway
enforce
turn on
switch on
vivificate
liven
start up
innerve
wake up
rewake
touch up
replenish
modernise
UK
regain
renovate
update
reactivate
give a new lease on life
modernize
US
prod
rewaken
put new life into
make whole
bring back to life
reinvent
bounce back
recover
relieve
egg
incentivize
US
jumpstart
comfort
enhearten
ignite
reenforce
bear up
chirk up
nudge
praise
prick
console
call forth
give rise to
evoke
set off
elicit
touch off
bring about
abet
invoke
bestir
bring on
brew
begin
lead to
exercise
spark off
contribute to
foster
result in
suscitate
beget
precipitate
make for
draw forth
make
waken
foment
ferment
stimulate spiritually
raise your spirits
lift the spirits of
give confidence to
raise the morale of
give shot in arm
spirit up
psych up
give hope to
boost morale
bield
gee up
light a fire under
stiffen the resolve of
incentivise
UK
cure
bring back
improve
heal
rescue
make healthy
agitate
get up
cultivate
muster up
hatch
urge
impel
support
influence
egg on
persuade
press
actuate
propel
exhort
fuel
intensify
soothe
thrill
sting
solace
key up
solicit
compel
aid
incline
assist
put up to
entreat
ask
succor
US
succour
UK
advance
bring
coerce
give a lift
calm
lead
nurture
fire the imagination of
implore
fan
create
beseech
start
further
impress
stoke up
invite
give strength to
badger
increase
get going
exalt
assuage
trigger off
nerve
instil
UK
force
mobilize
US
charge
psych
commove
instill
US
touch
pick
enjoin
mobilise
UK
ease
coax
request
beg
raise spirits
fire with enthusiasm
get
drum up
prepare
tempt
bring out
entice
intoxicate
set in motion
pressure
put in motion
see someone through
set going
put at ease
gird
heighten
bring comfort to
be a source of strength to
back
sic
procure
enhance
fan the flames of
placate
initiate
drive on
catalyze
US
root on
wake
root for
effectuate
needle
condole
work
relax
fire the enthusiasm of
catalyse
UK
salve
wind up
set on
add to
charge up
bring around
give a new lease of life to
be a tower of strength to
call
constrain
demand
facilitate
hound
whip
poise
bid
plead
augment
importune
develop
appeal
harass
ready
harden
command
upraise
enrich
root
summon
countenance
oblige
pester
dragoon
inform
carry
exacerbate
nag
set
accelerate
ameliorate
feed
better
rile
effect
put a bomb under
beckon
urge on
titillate
affect
talk into
speed up
favour
UK
favor
US
jolt
appeal to
set up
restart
get someone going
give a boost
challenge
give confidence
be responsible for
add fuel to
pacify
act as a incentive to
act as a stimulus to
build a fire under
insist on
commiserate with
power
gear up
prevail upon
satisfy
condole with
compose
besoothe
commiserate
allay
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
give new life to
make happen
forward
be the cause of
mollify
palliate
re-establish
feed the fire
give solace to
give sympathy to
have
give incentive
hook
summon up
grab
remind
incent
chivvy
intrigue
enrapture
irritate
boost moral
transport
inveigle
jog
dispose
speed
barrack
roil
burgeon
nourish
imbue
infuse
stoke
craze
taunt
juice
motive
bolden
strike
forearm
gain
convert
convince
irk
incense
pressurize
US
propose
wheedle
reestablish
emphasize
US
endue
infect
beghast
add fuel
originate
run
add fuel to the flames
bully
whomp up
give courage
grill
vex
reproduce
recall
redevelop
advise
make brave
make wild
stress
underline
cement
warm
crank up
make enthusiastic
give new energy to
predispose
condition
direct
determine
make braver
hustle
heat up
give someone a kick
win over
give impetus
start off
steam up
shout for
lash
roust
pressurise
UK
bother
lift the morale of
jack up
gear oneself up
call on
work into lather
champion
deepen
psyche up
make happier
make more cheerful
get one started
act as a impetus to
act as a fillip to
act as a spur to
advocate
expedite
spur to action
fan the fire
lighten burden
make one feel at ease
quiet fears
empathize with
make well
give pep talk
give a shot in the arm
keep one going
keep you going
change
lean on
draw on
have as a consequence
have as a result
give life to
spook
quieten
give a buzz
buttress
maintain
underpin
uphold
corroborate
reward
act upon
ride herd on
inspan
lighten up
loosen up
impose on
orient
give one an idea
shake
shake up
madden
supplement
become cheerful
make happy
take a turn for the better
take heart
clear up
prevail on
light up
recommend
hassle
dig
take a load off
agitate for
agitate against
add fuel to fire
make waves
stir embers
call to mind
make alive
edify
harry
get to
broaden
defend
highlight
substantiate
emphasise
UK
brace up
upgrade
refine
adjure
put on cloud nine
free
insist
let the sun shine in
restore confidence to
bolster up
back up
try to persuade
put on top of the world
set your mind at rest
snap one out of it
rationalize
US
give respite to
bolster someone's confidence
restore someone's confidence
dispel someone's fears
shore up
pour it on
attract
draw
give the incentive to
give moral support to
hold someone's hand
boost the morale of
be a source of strength
give a leg up to
be there for
rationalise
UK
sharpen
push for
court
make stronger
play a part in
extend
sell one on
clamour
UK
lobby
campaign
alleviate
be instrumental in
help out
cheer along
tide over
keep someone's head above water
keep going
minister to
launch
order
pursue
clamor
US
bay
petition
sue
requisition
exact
woo
allure
enlarge
amplify
sow the seeds of
play a role in
tranquilize
US
supplicate
stipulate
quest
apply
pity
achieve
have a hand in
accomplish
amount to
culminate in
be a factor in
establish
issue
lure
untrouble
tranquillise
UK
burn up
get smoking
realise
UK
realize
US
introduce
engineer
open the door for
attain
push forward
be conducive to
organise
UK
organize
US
relaunch
enquire
UK
inquire
US
bug
drum
reinstitute
ask for
multiply
swell
mount
magnify
expand
compound
escalate
aggrandize
reintroduce
put new heart into
end in
kickoff
cause to occur
finish in
draw out
have a part in
conduce to
conduce
oil the wheels of
bring off
actualize
carry through
pull off
be partly responsible for
bear
contribute
bring forth
add up to
cause to happen
make possible
be at the bottom of
bring to pass
carry off
have the effect of
entail
contrive
put in place
spell
snap up
put new heart in
ask authoritatively
ask forcefully
make a claim
ask brusquely
put new strength in
admit
let in
beg for
give the kiss of life to
express sympathy to
show compassion to
wax
show fellow feeling to
welcome
be advantageous to
do good to
be beneficial to
befit
be useful to
suit
be of use to
be to the advantage of
profit
be of assistance to
pay off for
be good for
bless
be of help to
serve
be of service to
benefit
please
work for
be helpful to
gratify
be of advantage to
advantage
express sympathy for
express sympathy
call for
flirt with
bring on oneself
leave the door open to
include
more ❯
“Thomas felt compelled to send Kikuchi a note to
build up
his confidence.”
Verb
▲
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone)
advertise
advertize
promote
plug
publicise
UK
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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
elaborate
push
change
unroll
move
drive
metamorphose
emerge
alter
spread
proceed
transmogrify
differentiate
adapt
head
go
hone
educe
derive
continue
shoot
truck
speed
push forward
push ahead
move ahead
move onward
go forth
press on
push on
press forward
practice
US
practise
UK
work on
cover ground
work one's way
march on
open out
go forward
adapt yourself
bloom
get ahead
age
get somewhere
rise
do well
flower
season
make inroads
go places
maturate
take the next step
move forward in leaps and bounds
mushroom
pick up
take shape
culminate
move up
shine
reach adulthood
meliorate
arrive
shoot up
show improvement
make it
fare well
prime
mend
optimize
US
achieve
bourgeon
optimise
UK
propel
score
go well
look 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
change for the better
technologize
civilize
US
excel
make headway with
prevail
triumph
reach maturity
polish up on
revamp
level up
appreciate
industrialize
US
become adult
be fully developed
develop fully
be in good health
go up
make the grade
make good
cut it
civilise
UK
come to fruition
get going
develop well
envigorate
UK
be fully grown
round out
take a turn for the better
perk up
be in the pink
go to town
make the big time
be full-grown
fill out
come alive
help
industrialise
UK
invigorate
US
turn out well
hit it big
run riot
mellow
complement
germinate
climb
give a boost
peak
show progress
be fine and dandy
march
ascend
show promise
keep going
make ground
better oneself
make one's way
step forward
climb the ladder
work one's way up
be elevated
graduate
spruce up
take to the next level
add value to
embellish
pick up speed
make up for lost time
proceed forward
profit
soup up
sharpen
grow in popularity
become more popular
become more successful
turn out
convalesce
rectify
burst forth
recuperate
yield
produce
wax
train
correct
amend
reform
fix up
transcend
gain promotion
hasten
launch
bolster
crack on
forge ahead with
multiply
bring forward
get with it
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
elaborate on
temper
top up
tighten up
polish up
make perfect
endow
illume
inflate
burnish
consolidate
vitalize
stimulate
boost up
smooth
be strong
be well
be vigorous
shift up
star
get ahead of
make better
be in good shape
stand out
be in its heyday
be on the up
make a breakthrough
recover
figure
fix
mitigate
assuage
forward
remediate
redress
perform
lead
feature
be in your prime
be on top of the heap
go up in the world
exalt
be skilful
be brilliant
be excellent
be outstanding
prefer
get better at
work hard at
brush up on
devote oneself to
continually update
constantly improve
continuously update
constantly update
slay
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
crank it up
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
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
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
lionize
US
emblazon
lionise
UK
idolize
US
exalt
hymn
resound
extoll
carol
idolise
UK
put on a pedestal
worship
revere
elevate
venerate
reverence
idealize
US
apotheosize
glamorize
US
romanticize
US
augment
glamourize
bless
stroke
idealise
UK
romanticise
UK
glamorise
UK
approve
glamour up
adore
flatter
welcome
countenance
mention
big something up
rhapsodize over
sing paeans to
deify
esteem
rhapsodize about
wax lyrical
look on with favour
hear it for
gold star
enhance
erect
uprear
sublime
hats off to
halo
transfigure
heroize
give a posy
lift
promote
sing
increase
look up to
adorn
hero-worship
hike
hold in high regard
hold in high esteem
hold in awe
lift up
set on a pedestal
sound the praises of
add distinction to
add dignity to
put up
add lustre to
give praise to
commemorate
recognize
US
recognise
UK
value
rave
acknowledge
plug
favor
US
favour
UK
memorialize
US
push
memorialise
UK
root
respect
solemnize
US
support
prize
show appreciation of
solemnise
UK
go into raptures over
root for
give recognition to
vaunt
vouch for
observe
rhapsodize
US
hallow
sanctify
sing praises
felicitate
decorate
fete
advance
praise enthusiastically
rhapsodise
UK
gush about
enthuse about
enthuse over
gush over
back
immortalize
US
crack someone up
go on about
express delight over
go wild about
be mad about
keep alive the memory of
roll out red carpet
immortalise
UK
think highly of
hurrah
gush
hurray
rave over
suggest
enshrine
propose
effuse
fuss
slobber
enthuse
drool
eternize
proposition
effervesce
accept
prescribe
signalize
US
give accolades to
give credit to
canonize
US
bring the house down
espouse
signalise
UK
give bouquet
give a big hand
second
give a bouquet
canonise
UK
champion
approbate
put your hands together
swear by
give it up for
urge
adopt
okay
advise
make immortal
think well of
care for
look on with favor
be in favor of
receive favorably
pat on back
look with favour on
subscribe to
press for
rubber-stamp
give glad hand
go on record for
lobby for
flash on
give the nod to
stand up for
take a shine to
argue for
give key to city
wish joy to
be on one's side
regard highly
take to
buck for
thumbs up
speak favourably of
campaign for
tilt toward
put in a good word
receive gladly
rejoice with
OK
take a liking to
beat the drum for
herald
affirm
uphold
perpetuate
eternalize
pay respects
publicize
US
sing praises of
take off hat to
publicise
UK
fête
give credit for
adulate
celebritize
preserve
mark
belaud
whistle
regard
consider
give ovation
express respect for
show appreciation
make famous
shout
yell
rate highly
roll out the red carpet
hoot
express admiration of
monumentalize
show gratitude to
be grateful for
give approval
blow horn
give kudos
shout for
holler for
cheer on
wish one well
wish happy returns
give regards
give a big cigar
rise to
brag about
give a boost to
givea bouquet
sound off for
be enthusiastic
be effusive
offer
express approval for
hold in respect
proffer
nominate
pose
table
bubble over
tip
exaggerate
bubble
go wild
go crazy
go into raptures
go mad
submit
present
be mad
be wild
be all for
offer a suggestion
hold up
give a tip
stand by
put forward
tip off
front for
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
give a standing ovation
give it up
applaud someone to the echo
give a round of applause
give a hand
strike gently
clap one's hands
overvalue
rate
bank on
be satisfied with
be in favour of
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
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
honey
humour
UK
humor
US
fawn
massage
puff
belaud
rub the right way
oil
soften
fawn on
hero-worship
flannel
be all over
panegyrize
snow
wheedle
beslaver
express admiration for
wax lyrical about
pander to
creep to
crawl to
grovel
blandish
admire
court
commend
smooth-talk
laud
pay tribute to
ingratiate oneself with
pay court to
pay blandishments to
say nice things about
sweeten up
make much of
lay it on with a trowel
toady
himor
slaver
puff up
cater to
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
entice
beguile
win over
influence
tempt
lure
palaver
induce
sway
woo
seduce
urge
bring round
soften up
talk
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
allure
worm
convince
get
con
coerce
argue
ingratiate yourself
importune
press
encourage
solicit
hook
wangle
try to get on the good side of
seek the favour of
prevail upon
lick someone's boots
rope in
finagle
argue into
soap
ingratiate
lay it on
barter
arm-twist
get around
overdo it
sweet talk
draw
plague
jawbone
twist one's arm
pester
come on
decoy
talk someone into something
tease
be obsequious to
submit to
smoodge to
defer to
cultivate
be sycophantic to
try to win over
be servile to
back-scratch
kiss up to
prod
make
win the favor of
crawl
creep
reason
kowtow
use flattery
talk blarney
sell
entreat
beg
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
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
float
provide
lay
enter
recount
refer to
advert to
produce
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
tell of
call attention to
point to
hold out
initiate
argue
yield
bid
put forth
announce
roll out
tell
reference
render
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
show
assert
solicit
demo
put on
contribute
promote
bring about
supply
put on the table
recite
establish
canvass
vent
bring out
commit
record
open
get together
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
convey
bring forth
launch
hypothesize
US
peddle
project
organize
US
ask about
reproduce
define
take out
notify
remark
preview
run by
turn
translate
transpose
acquaint
urge
promulgate
invite
affirm
spitball
request
kibitz
spread
cast
manifest
get the answer to
seek the answer to
let someone know of
show off
opine
speculate
conjecture
essay
hypothesise
UK
give an introduction
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
put to
make acquainted with
fix up
open to view
acquaint with
evidence
itemise
UK
recall
recollect
proclaim
address
explore
make an offer of
put in a bid of
make an offer
organise
UK
describe
speak one's piece
attest to
send in
approach
harbinger
herald
cover
show and tell
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
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
aggrandize
elaborate on
elaborate
pyramid
falsify
stretch the truth
intensify
distort
make a federal case of
corrupt
romanticize
US
caricature
make a production out of
romanticise
UK
blow something out of all proportion
touch up
cook up
go to extremes
flesh out
overrate
puff up
make a mountain out of
magnify importance
overvalue
increase
oversell
augment
overpitch
up
overexaggerate
extend
swell
pump up
romance
scam
escalate
over-elaborate
pile it on
surcharge
maximize
US
maximise
UK
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
cram
make a big thing of
add colour
lay it on with a trowel
lay it on with a shovel
lay on
draw the longbow
shoot a line
varnish
gild
blow up out of proportion
pretty up
loud talk
pile it on about
go up
beef up
drive up
swell up
lay it on thick about
big up
add detail to
overelaborate
yeast
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
make a drama out of a crisis
lay it on with a trowel about
spin
bend
overdramatize
pervert
garble
overuse
belabour
UK
manipulate
misstate
cook
fake
overwork
misinterpret
massage
misrelate
belabor
US
strain
expand on
fill out
ham up
ham it up
put a spin on
make a production of
make a big thing about
lay it on
make a big deal out of something
detail
expound
disguise
evolve
develop
allow too much for
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
explicate
poison
airbrush
belie
interlard
take out of context
quote out of context
give a false account of
gloss over
accentuate
sensationalize
US
give substance to
overact
give details
mug
accent
play-act
execute
playact
melodramatize
stage
enact
act
farcialize
show
perform
splash
burlesque
produce
tragedize
present
sensationalise
UK
labor
US
labour
UK
point up
stress
go overboard with
carry
do to death
pile on
get carried away
labor at
harp on
dwell on
give color to
play to the gallery
play to gallery
make a performance of
play on heartstrings
overload
overreach
camp up
overburden
overtax
overindulge
hype
fatigue
overtire
pressure
talk big
strain yourself
pull the longbow
go overboard
drive oneself
make a thing about
make a thing of
run riot
wear down
lay too much stress on
attach too much weight to
attach too much importance to
alter
go too far
warp
bite off too much
run into the ground
make something out of nothing
go on and on about
go over the top about
twist
change
doctor
slant
fiddle
fix
juggle
patch
tamper with
interfere with
tinker with
fiddle with
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
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 reinforce the strength or sturdiness of
make stronger
strengthen
reinforce
fortify
support
harden
buttress
brace
toughen
shore up
steel
firm up
bolster
prop
consolidate
inure
shore
stiffen
cement
bulwark
indurate
beef up
back up
secure
underpin
uphold
sustain
stabilise
UK
substantiate
make stable
gird
toughen up
stabilize
US
carry
bear
stay
undergird
maintain
augment
defend
confirm
jack up
buoy up
hold up
bolster up
prop up
give a boost to
give strength to
underprop
hold
stand
truss
keep up
shoulder
upbear
bear up
buoy
set
cradle
place
tether
steady
take
underlie
rest
stake
cushion
withstand
re-enforce
add force to
boost
pillar
feed
supplement
suffer
crutch
stick
strut
wire
add to
lie beneath
give support to
endure
pillow
tie up
be a foundation for
keep from falling
brace up
bear up under
more ❯
Verb
▲
To gain weight, especially muscle
bulk 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
▲
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
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
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
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
bring up to date
service
revive
upgrade
revitalise
UK
redecorate
revivify
bring up to code
spruce
retread
re-equip
reinvent
put back together
reanimate
vamp up
patch up
resuscitate
redesign
revise
spruce up
recover
refurnish
reinvigorate
adjust
amend
reinstate
re-create
rectify
retouch
resurrect
freshen
rekindle
recharge
reawaken
refreshen
set to rights
refabricate
restitute
change
redevise
fettle
tart up
furbish
face-lift
give something a facelift
brighten up
set right
freshen up
reinforce
rewake
rewaken
uplift
invigorate
US
develop
exhilarate
kick-start
envigorate
UK
redeem
gussy up
tune
give a shot in the arm to
produce again
smarten up
make good
put right
restore to working order
bring into the twenty-first century
bring back
make as good as new
get into shape
give a new look to
transform
stimulate
gentrify
inspirit
establish again
restart
maintain
do
produce
reequip
vamp
emend
regulate
create again
change radically
go over
tinker
raise from the dead
remaster
correct
see to
give a shot in the arm
salvage
rescue
get something working
clean up
make whole
tune up
pimp out
pimp up
fiddle with
give a face-lift
create anew
straighten out
rebrand
alter
streamline
modify
better
contemporize
cover
repeat
reinstall
copy
adapt
reopen
restate
rewire
convert
settle
vary
replenish
resume
reaffirm
realign
strengthen
put back
smarten
give a face-lift to
get working again
put in order
give a facelift to
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
put new heart into
make younger
put new life into
put some spark into
add some zest to
restore vitality to
give new life to
make young again
make someone feel young again
give face lift to
beet
condition
clout
botch
sort
glue
cobble
spetch
ranter
ready
cure
remedy
heal
perk up
work on
make well
set up
debug
change the format
put to rights
reactivate
cleanse
retrieve
clean
more ❯
Verb
▲
To publicly recommend or support
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
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
second
sustain
exhort
approve
push for
maintain
assist
help
stick up for
aid
stand behind
foster
get behind
back up
extol
throw your weight behind
put forward
be on the side of
stand by
take up the cudgels for
go on record for
beat the drum for
accept
condone
approbate
insist on
abet
work for
praise
ally oneself with
admonish
caution
vote for
be all for
prefer
put in a good word
speak in favor of
esteem
preach
protect
embrace
proposition
forward
establish
appreciate
contribute to
instruct
enjoin
honour
UK
honor
US
tip
fight for
value
prompt
adopt
okay
prop up
agree with
welcome
swear by
stick by
stand for
tip off
pull for
fall in with
speak favorably of
go along with
take to
be in favour of
advocate for
rubber-stamp
demand
nurture
assent
present
move
table
offer
propagandize
US
nominate
proffer
pose
rate
proselytize
US
submit
bid
propagandise
UK
proselytise
UK
subscribe
explain
argue
plead
substantiate
vote
adjure
call for
guide
rationalize
US
legitimize
US
crusade for
believe in
succor
US
succour
UK
steer
validate
backstop
confirm
verify
direct
warn
battle for
speak in support of
legitimise
UK
rationalise
UK
offer a suggestion
smile on
speak highly of
think highly of
assert
lend support to
speak up for
go in for
thump for
give backing to
speak well of
eulogise
UK
eulogize
US
give a tip
be in agreement with
big up
rally round
speak favourably of
speak in favour of
look with favour on
think well of
show to be reasonable
care for
look on with favor
give support to
receive favorably
come to the defence of
give reasons for
throw in with
flash on
give grounds for
give the nod to
take a shine to
be on one's side
regard highly
buck for
thumbs up
tilt toward
look up to
receive gladly
OK
take a liking to
spread
proclaim
propound
peddle
vouch
clamour for
request
ask for
persuade
befriend
ratify
forewarn
seek
contend
stress
bounce
put
float
applaud
fancy
reason
press
fund
finance
facilitate
bank on
be a patron of
affirm
invite
profess
be satisfied with
hold up one's end
hold to
be supportive of
benefit
invest in
subsidize
US
bankroll
ally
grubstake
angel
formally support
contend for
opine
charge
command
give help to
give approval to
be with
give moral support to
announce one's support for
give moral support
drum up support for
hold a torch for
abide by
put on to
put in two cents
give a boost
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
look on with favour
protest
expedite
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
offer recommendation
give a push to
be in collusion with
participate in
connive
put up to
goad
connive at
prod
be hand in glove with
egg on
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
accede
mention
help in
aid in
consent
warrant
acquiesce
exalt
strongly recommend
corroborate
agree
swear to
bear out
legalize
US
legitimatize
US
ditto
beseech
put up
legalise
UK
legitimatise
UK
clear
show just cause for
provide a rationale for
do justice to
prove to be reasonable
give an explanation for
answer for
make good on
give a justification for
make allowances
show cause
be answerable for
account for
hold up
front for
yes
forcefully suggest
impel
recommend forcefully
big something up
cosign
come round
consent to
accede to
put John Hancock on
give stamp of approval
give the go-ahead
accelerate
speed up
hasten
precipitate
speed
fast-track
help along
ease
give a boost to
rush
hurry
drive
smooth the way for
quicken
serve
motivate
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
fast track
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
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
emphasize
US
better
underline
cement
galvanize
US
intensify
ameliorate
build
deepen
heighten
embolden
propel
buoy
incentify
incentivize
US
empower
underpin
steel
reward
increase
mother
do good to
be good for
befit
suit
galvanise
UK
incentivise
UK
highlight
emphasise
UK
instigate
bolster up
pay off for
be beneficial to
please
be helpful to
gratify
satisfy
drum up
extend
engender
expand
ballyhoo
generate
propagate
spoil
be of assistance to
be of help to
be useful to
power
be of advantage to
safeguard
shore up
buoy up
privilege
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
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresent
distort
misstate
falsify
manipulate
pervert
fudge
warp
twist
garble
cook
misinterpret
color
US
slant
bend
misreport
misrelate
bias
disguise
misquote
belie
colour
UK
overstate
embroider
embellish
exaggerate
adulterate
skew
confuse
overdraw
strain
con
lie
angle
mangle
snow
equivocate
miscolor
palter
prevaricate
promote
conceal
cloak
dress
mask
puff
stretch
parody
travesty
quote out of context
put a spin on
take out of context
trump up
phony up
give a false account of
blow smoke
cover up
give a false idea of
pass off
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
mistranslate
mislead
misrender
meddle with
mess about with
misattribute
deceive
put words in someone's mouth
prejudice
fabricate
counterfeit
influence
magnify
whitewash
varnish
pad
put the wrong slant on
quote incorrectly
dress up
cook the books
doctor up
jumble
obscure
weight
blur
slur
mix up
mutilate
shape
mold
US
mould
UK
misarticulate
twist around
tamper
weigh
quote
invent
debase
vitiate
contravene
salt
four-flush
traverse
gloss
deacon
fib
diddle
finagle
flimflam
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
twist someone's words
trim
shuffle
rearrange
dissimulate
hyperbolize
give a false impression of
affect
poison
airbrush
fake it
frame up
revamp
edit
rework
revise
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
change round
manipulate one's words
subvert
desecrate
cut
alloy
make alterations to
make changes to
make adjustments to
put on an act
patch
perform magic
elaborate on
gloss over
masquerade
cook up
touch up
varnish over
pretend
give a false picture of
make a pretense of
falsely represent
give a false identity to
engineer
swindle
prearrange
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
gerrymander
arrange
trick
precontrive
preplan
predesign
arrange fraudulently
mock up
set up
taint
bastardize
US
contaminate
dilute
infect
lace
spoil
sully
degrade
foul
defile
putrefy
pollute
bastardise
UK
make impure
more ❯
Verb
▲
To raise to a more important or impressive level
elevate
promote
advance
raise
upgrade
aggrandize
ennoble
dignify
exalt
lift
prefer
canonise
UK
canonize
US
deify
enshrine
ensky
enthrone
further
glorify
magnify
sublimate
appoint
augment
enhance
hoist
improve
increase
honor
US
honour
UK
give promotion
give advancement
put up
step up
kick upstairs
move up
move up the ladder
improve the position of
improve the status of
raise high
give a higher rank
give advancement to
venerate
distinguish
revere
apotheosize
give promotion to
give a higher position to
add distinction to
bestow honour on
add lustre to
add dignity to
make lofty
worship
adore
invest
grace
reverence
bless
sanctify
boost
immortalize
US
idolize
US
lord
idolise
UK
beatify
immortalise
UK
pay homage to
give a higher rank to
lionize
US
favour
UK
favor
US
improve the standing of
acclaim
put on a pedestal
lionise
UK
praise
regard as sacred
hallow
adorn
dedicate
laureate
erect
uprear
sublime
progress
develop
convert
boot upstairs
extol
place in a higher rank
respect
crown
divinize
adulate
idealize
US
hold sacred
idealise
UK
apostheosize
consecrate
install
US
inaugurate
pray to
induct
ordain
instate
halo
initiate
pedestalize
thank
mythify
illuminate
establish
pay tribute to
consummate
coronate
give thanks to
swear in
instal
UK
king
more ❯
Noun
▲
A group of accumulated items of a particular kind
collection
accumulation
heap
hoard
mass
pile
store
gathering
stockpile
bank
set
stack
stock
build-up
plethora
pool
accrual
agglomeration
amassment
array
assemblage
cluster
cumulation
group
lot
reserve
reservoir
accretion
aggregate
aggregation
batch
bunch
clump
clutch
conglomeration
mine
pileup
quantity
suite
supply
acquisition
agglomerate
band
battery
block
caboodle
clot
constellation
fund
grouping
huddle
knot
mess
muster
package
parcel
passel
combination
congeries
cumulus
kit
lodgement
US
lodgment
UK
buildup
deposit
lump
bundle
concentration
chunk
inventory
compilation
hunk
gob
amassing
assembly
stockpiling
assembling
cache
stash
hoarding
wealth
trove
deposition
formation
amount
body
accumulating
bulk
concretion
miscellany
hotchpotch
collecting
reaping
mixture
load
roundup
piling
garnering
conglomerate
jumble
rick
heaping
cloud
pyramid
building up
growth
wad
excess
depositing
mountain
logjam
glob
blob
clod
gobbet
surfeit
pile-up
backlog
resources
knob
nubble
agglutination
nub
nugget
dollop
precipitation
settling
dumping
silting
sedimentation
crop
assortment
selection
boodle
pack
series
range
party
raft
consort
volume
unit
repository
number
throng
variety
crowd
repertoire
composite
flock
nest egg
swarm
bevy
US
portfolio
bevvy
UK
host
crew
ensemble
source
troupe
budget
arsenal
covey
kitty
gang
congregation
gaggle
amalgamation
total
repertory
sum
hodgepodge
nest
compendium
totality
consignment
abundance
treasure
garner
line-up
force
list
row
entirety
integrality
line
tussock
tangle
tuffet
whole lot
multitude
display
ream
the whole kit and caboodle
the whole enchilada
shock
measure
storehouse
scad
riches
proportion
tuft
ocean
surplus
treasure house
treasure-trove
armory
US
armoury
UK
hidden treasure
chain
section
side
intake
tier
diversity
shipment
muddle
acquiring
myriad
lineup
arrangement
confusion
armful
handful
fistful
nestful
depot
rank
motherload
medley
portion
mound
string
mishmash
hideaway
potpourri
score
succession
sequence
thicket
mix
corpus
panoply
mat
legion
complete series
combo
allocation
stream
holdings
sea
clutter
drove
wares
produce
fascicle
battalion
army
ring
commodities
choice
merchandise
goods
articles
appeal
hat
treasury
mixed bag
pot-pourri
vein
hodge-podge
plant
everything but the kitchen sink
storeroom
drop
supplies
assets
stake
drop-off
compilement
hidden supply
compiling
fall-back
composing
collation
magnitude
account
treasure trove
whip-round
harvesting
harvest
aggregating
quota
count
tally
extent
size
combining
consolidating
collocating
album
purse
greatness
whole
capacity
amplitude
investment
savings
capital
endowment
tontine
drawing together
bringing together
petty cash
pocket money
scrapbook
sum total
lookbook
more ❯
Noun
▲
An increase in amount, value, or importance
growth
increase
expansion
augmentation
proliferation
multiplication
enlargement
amplification
mushrooming
snowballing
rise
escalation
build-up
buildup
swelling
accession
accretion
accrual
accumulation
advancement
appreciation
boost
development
distension
enhancement
explosion
extension
hike
increment
inflation
magnification
spike
spread
step up
swell
upgrade
upping
upsurge
uptick
uptrend
upturn
heightening
addition
gain
reinforcement
raise
supplement
more
buildout
aggrandizement
US
intensification
aggrandisement
UK
addendum
plus
gathering
amassment
accumulating
growing
collecting
amassing
cumulation
elaboration
burgeoning
strengthening
embellishment
compounding
widening
boosting
building up
deepening
acceleration
blowing up
dilation
enrichment
up
propagation
fleshing out
beefing up
snowball effect
multiplying
spreading
expanse
progression
exacerbation
upgrowth
stockpile
aggravation
increasing
collection
aggregation
advance
diffusion
progress
diversification
unfolding
evolution
expanding
annexation
assemblage
stockpiling
pooling
pileup
assembly
surge
upswing
enlarging
elevation
augmenting
evolvement
maturation
unfurling
ballooning
furtherance
assembling
hoarding
boom
reserve
annex
US
developing
globalisation
UK
globalization
US
rapid increase
crescendo
supplementing
jump
store
stepping-up
flowering
annexe
UK
topping up
formation
deposition
scaling up
broadening
agglomeration
bump
spreading out
opening out
piling up
stacking up
sharpening
increase in size
blow up
stocking up
concentration
run-up
gradual growth
stepping up
exaggeration
overstatement
hyperbole
embroidery
overemphasis
embroidering
coloring
US
caricature
padding
stretching
overplaying
overdramatization
extravagance
dramatization
US
colouring
UK
dramatisation
UK
making a big thing out of something
blowing up out of all proportion
gilding the lily
improvement
promotion
headway
lengthening
upgrading
breakthrough
leap
emergence
refinement
amelioration
movement
dilatation
elongation
betterment
flourishing
blossoming
metamorphosis
passage
blooming
continuation
transformation
march
procession
creep
forward movement
prolongation
maturing
evolving
advancing
unraveling
US
climb
coming-of-age
raising
onward movement
movement forward
distention
push
innovation
unravelling
UK
flow
thickening
momentum
spurt
success
drawing out
tumefaction
forwarding
process
intumescence
step forward
onrush
encroachment
maturity
prolonging
spiralling
UK
waxing
onward motion
forward motion
blow-up
soaring
protraction
fruition
revolution
intensifying
spiraling
US
going
upward turn
stimulation
motion
dissemination
ramp up
journey
transmission
expedition
course
fattening
technological advancement
scientific advancement
dispersal
rush
distribution
adaptation
recovery
increasement
prosperity
succession
maximization
US
dispersion
bulge
turnaround
puffing up
filling out
maximisation
UK
ripening
ascent
traction
exponential growth
quadrupling
doubling
tripling
melioration
ascension
growth spurt
continuing
avalanche
rising
lift
modernization
anabasis
furthering
upliftment
jump up
passing
steps forward
break
proceeding
voyage
rapid growth
moving forward
fast track
augment
aggrandization
thriving
uprise
revival
recuperation
regeneration
inroads
elaborating
reinforcing
supplementation
incubation
perfection
skyrocketing
high
stretch
ongoing
adding to
correction
bounce
logjam
backlog
ground gained
perpetuation
rounding out
reworking
change
modification
revision
optimization
US
order
wax
transmogrification
geometric growth
stack
bloating
load
puff
plug
heap
advertising
mass
hype
publicity
reflation
merger
making progress
sequence
rocketing
creation
ascendance
unrolling
recasting
reconstruction
appendix
complement
access
incorporation
continuity
upbeat
cultivation
towering
soar
explosive growth
crossing
traverse
traversal
trek
jack up
pretension
working out
move-up
jump-up
pretentiousness
operation
leg-up
top-up
optimisation
UK
affectation
move up
upward movement
rampant growth
pretence
UK
leap forward
inroad
discovery
find
invention
finding
step
suffusion
chain
grandiosity
pretense
US
large increase
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
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
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▲
The time leading up to an event
run-up
approach
buildup
introduction
lead-in
build-up
preliminaries
time leading up to
lead time
Noun
▲
Extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion
hype
publicity
promotion
advertising
marketing
propaganda
puff
ballyhoo
fanfare
puffery
boost
exposure
plug
plugging
puffing
push
brouhaha
buildup
razzmatazz
excitement
flimflam
hysteria
racket
build-up
hot air
hard sell
extensive publicity
pitch
hoopla
noise
boosting
spiel
advertisement
presentation
patter
line
laudation
praise
touting
splash
sales talk
PR campaign
promo
propaganda campaign
pushing
song and dance
press
commercial
announcement
boosterism
broadcasting
PR
billing
attention
promulgation
release
announcing
spread
réclame
distribution
ink
report
spotlight
media hype
press-agentry
public relations
write-up
big noise
blurb
publicization
broadcast
advertising campaign
publicity campaign
ad
advert
notice
publicizing
US
bumf
posting
campaign
publicising
UK
proclamation
exhibition
selling
offer
airplay
airtime
playing time
hoo-ha
promotional
extravagant commendation
marketing campaign
business development
e-marketing
advertising promotion
promotions
outreach
promoting
pizzazz
US
gimmick
pzazz
UK
exposition
exhibiting
blasting
displaying
screamer
squib
mention
image management
P.R.
recommendation
newspeak
agitprop
disinformation
information
brainwashing
bill
display
loss-leader
publicity device
poster
flyer
placard
publicity stunt
profile-raiser
photo-shoot
good word
indoctrination
spin
counter-information
advocacy
favourable mention
piece of publicity
folder
sign
notification
dodger
affiche
coverage
shameless plug
hogwash
misinformation
handout
doctrine
literature
implantation
presstitution
cant
proselytism
publication
info
evangelism
inculcation
exhibit
hoarding
trailer
endorsement
communication
billboard
reports
consideration
commentary
treatment
fuss
reportage
reporting
articles
classified ad
public notice
personal ad
want ad
pieces
reviews
limelight
stories
US
storeys
UK
big lie
half truths
party line
write-ups
media interest
media attention
press reporting
press reviews
press treatment
press coverage
press write-ups
press articles
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▲
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
build-up
flare-up
storm
barrage
avalanche
outpouring
bombardment
volley
cascade
shower
flux
blitz
hail
salvo
push
battery
advance
onset
advancement
march
passage
progression
cannonade
blitzkrieg
fusillade
procession
progress
process
efflux
stampede
headway
furtherance
inundation
dash
blaze
broadside
succession
string
blast
inrush
heave
series
spill
drumfire
rain
dart
drumbeat
going
pour
river
downpour
flood tide
outflow
chain
heavy sea
tidal wave
squall
tempest
feeling
exodus
large amount
profusion
gust
billow
draught
UK
outpour
draft
US
flash
blow
gale
uprush
assault
attack
offensive
stab
foray
descent
sortie
thrust
raid
incursion
roar
violence
aggression
din
agitation
strife
overflow
overflowing
overrunning
monsoon
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
build-up
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 ❯
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