BUILDING UP Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

building up

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Definition of building up next

present participle of build up

as in increasing

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number static electricity built up on the cat's fur

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as in growing (in)

to gradually increase in the roller coaster built up momentum

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as in accumulating

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass evidence that the toxic chemical builds up in the bloodstream to unhealthy levels

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as in expanding

to make greater in size, amount, or number he patiently built up his coin collection over several decades the young stockbroker worked hard to build up a clientele

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Recent Examples of building up Aside from building up a slight static charge, the Artemis 2 commander said the flywheel was impressive. —

Tariq Malik, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026 Helping the club’s cause was Schlittler, who was expectedly restricted to 68 pitches after a spring training back/lat injury prevented him from fully building up. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026 This person suggested that the legislation could become more powerful if combined with local streamer content quotas, building up a more holistic framework that would support commissions from all players. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026 In the earliest of these changes, a tangled version of a protein called tau starts building up in a tiny region deep in the brain involved in sleep, attention and alertness, called the locus coeruleus. —

Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026 Analysts have observed that Moscow has been building up reserves and its operations are expected to gain tempo as the spring warmth dries the terrain. —

ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026 That desire has been building up within Lebanon among very different population groups, including the other political parties. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026 As Connecticut has been rolling up budget surpluses since Lamont took office in 2019, some lawmakers say the state needs to release money that has been building up through the years. —

Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026 In many ways, the city is building up throughout the metro. —

Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Mar. 2026

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South Korea is increasing generation at its nuclear plants and speeding up maintenance at five offline reactors, with restarts planned in May.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Bolivia is low on cash after making more than $500 million in debt payments last month, increasing the urgency of reaching a deal with the International Monetary Fund.

— Sergio Mendoza, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026