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drum up

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Synonyms and Antonyms of drum up

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 of drum up

concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, excogitate, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up)

Words Related to drum up

coin, design, hatch, produce

daydream, dream, fantasize

conceive, envisage, envision, imagine, picture, vision, visualize

ad-lib, extemporize, improvise

Phrases Synonymous with drum up

come up with

Near Antonyms of drum up

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

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