Synonyms of drum up

drum up

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devise
• construct
• concoct
• invent
• design
• cook (up)
• think (up)
• come up with
• trump up
• make up
• manufacture
• produce
• vamp (up)
• hatch
• fabricate
• excogitate
• contrive
• imagine
• coin
• conceive
• dream
• visualize
• vision
• envision
• fantasize
• improvise
• envisage
• daydream
• picture
• extemporize
• ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copy
• reproduce
• duplicate
• mimic
• imitate
• replicate
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drum up

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

In recent years, the principal has rented out the South Side high school’s campus to churches, nonprofits and sports leagues, and leaned on a new parent group to drum up donations. — Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026