Synonyms and Antonyms of building up
1
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
- static electricity built up on the cat's fur
accelerating, accumulating, appreciating, ballooning, booming, burgeoning (also bourgeoning), climbing, enlarging, escalating, expanding, gaining, increasing, mounting, multiplying, mushrooming, proliferating, rising, rolling up, snowballing, spreading, swelling, waxing
jumping, rocketing, skyrocketing, surging
heightening, intensifying, redoubling
blowing up, bulking, distending, inflating, puffing (up)
crescendoing, cresting, peaking
2
to gradually increase in
- the roller coaster built up momentum
doubling (in), tripling (in)
accruing, accumulating, amassing
exciting, stimulating
enhancing, enlarging, enriching, expanding, extending, maximizing
boosting, elevating, jacking (up), mounting, ramping (up), stepping up
3
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
- evidence that the toxic chemical builds up in the bloodstream to unhealthy levels
4
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
accelerating, adding (to), aggrandizing, amplifying, augmenting, boosting, compounding, enlarging, escalating, expanding, extending, hyping, increasing, multiplying, pumping up, raising, stoking, supersizing, swelling, upping
booming, jumping, skyrocketing, spiking
bumping (up), ratcheting (up) also
racheting (up)
blowing up, dilating, distending, inflating
drawing out, elongating, fleshing (out), lengthening, prolonging, protracting, stretching
developing, enhancing, heightening, intensifying, magnifying
complementing, supplementing
beefing (up), reinforcing (also reenforcing), strengthening
maximizing
accumulating, amassing, collecting
following up, parlaying
abating, decreasing, de-escalating, diminishing, downsizing, dwindling, lessening, lowering, minifying, reducing, subtracting (from)
