DRUM UP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

drum up

verb

Definition of drum up

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune

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Recent Examples of drum up While widely embraced by the comedy community as an effort to elevate a new generation of comedy stars at a time when comedy talent incubation has been deprioritized, the show has also drummed up huge viewership. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 July 2026 Still, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) drums up fear of immigrants. — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Time, 16 July 2026 His mind’s eye is always fixed on the streets of Palestine, where sellers drum up customers for their on-the-go snacks and eats. — Jenna Thompson june 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 Nekhala had also purchased television commercials to drum up interest. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for drum up

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So the study’s authors, led by Tuhin Chakrabarty, a professor of computer science at Stony Brook University, devised another check.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 July 2026
Sarah Sherman Samuel is known for devising furniture worthy of an art show, and the Lulu and Georgia Hamilton sideboard is no exception.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026

Definition of devise

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By land, the trip is possible for only a few weeks each winter, when the swampy tundra freezes hard enough to construct a temporary road.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
Crocker, one of the Big Four, proposed hiring them to construct the railroad but faced pushback.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of construct

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However, these people don't need prediction markets to concoct some conspiracy theory to explain away why their candidate lost.

— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 July 2026
As Flybjerg explains later, Vega is being just careful enough with his words for a good lawyer to concoct an alternate explanation down the road.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of concoct

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