BUMP (UP) Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

bump (up)

verb

Definition of bump (up)

as in to add (to)

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The first Guardians made Marvel Studios feel okay with getting weird, but a more confident sequel was required to maximize the concept’s strange potential.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Countries including Kenya, Angola and Senegal have cultivated partnerships with China, Europe, Japan and the United States, seeking to maximize technology transfer while avoiding dependence on any one power.

— Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of maximize

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The airport says arrivals to Denver are also delayed an average of 15 minutes and increasing due to the weather.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Earlier this year, Republicans had hoped to campaign on falling rates and a bipartisan bill to increase home construction to help defend their House and Senate majorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of increase

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Cyrus’ flawless-looking skin was in part thanks to the Maybelline New York Lifter Plump and Glow Foundation, a sheer base that can be built up for more coverage.

— Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Cells become damaged by oxidative stress, waste products build up inside tissues, and over time these changes can stiffen the heart, disrupt electrical signaling and reduce the organ’s ability to pump blood efficiently.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of build up

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The better question is whether a decision should be automated, augmented or left to human judgment.

— Pooya Tabesh, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Its recruit and redeploy stages require roles decomposed into explicit tasks—making what AI can augment answerable task by task.

— Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of augment

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While PennDOT already has created over 30 wildlife crossings, the establishment of the new cohesive group of state agency stakeholders is likely to accelerate building the safe animal passageways and reverse the high collision rate with motorists.

— Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Campbell said some people use BPC-157 in combination with another peptide known as TB-500 to accelerate healing.

— Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of accelerate

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