CLAP (TOGETHER OR UP) Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

clap (together or up)

verb

as in to devise

to perform, make, or do without preparation we can clap together a repair on the tire that should last until we get home

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David Lowery One of America’s most original directors returned this year with this underrated movie following an aging pop diva (Anne Hathaway) who reunites with her former costume designer (Michaela Coel) to devise a look for her comeback.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2026
But state and local planners devised a way to answer commuter’s growing concerns by converting Independence into a freeway.

— DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2026

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In it, Bugliosi lays out the prosecutorial theory — one concocted to put away a man for murder who didn’t actually commit the crimes — that Manson was trying to jump-start a race war, called Helter Skelter.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026
The removal of Maelor, however, snowballed into this moment where that character’s absence didn’t allow for that horrific book moment to be realized, so another set of reasons was concocted.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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Both bands share a genre-bending approach, improvising to create performances that — in theory, at least — are singular.

— Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Often unfurling over the course of entire afternoons and evenings, González’s knotty, hypnotic works typically test the expectations (and patience) of viewers, who are left to figure out what’s improvised and what isn’t.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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