Synonyms of drumming up

drumming up

verb

present participle of drum up

as in devising

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

• devising
• concocting
• constructing
• cooking (up)
• inventing
• thinking (up)
• coming up with
• making up
• trumping up
• designing
• vamping (up)
• manufacturing
• producing
• excogitating
• hatching
• fabricating
• contriving
• dreaming
• conceiving
• coining
• visualizing
• imagining
• envisioning
• daydreaming
• improvising
• fantasizing
• envisaging
• visioning
• extemporizing
• picturing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copying
• reproducing
• duplicating
• cloning
• imitating
• mimicking
• replicating
• reduplicating
• copycatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drumming up

The Basij boosted its presence during the war, and hard-liners have held nightly rallies in Tehran and other cities, drumming up support and intimidating any possible dissenters. — Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

The Chicago school board voted to add two questions to the November ballot gauging whether city voters would support drumming up new revenue for Chicago Public Schools. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Both candidates spent the post-primary period drumming up support ahead of the Democrats’ gathering in San Diego. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2026

After gracing Vanity Fair in recent weeks, while at the same time drumming up a firestorm with his comments about past racial tensions in Oxford hampering some recruiting, Kiffin obviously showed a lighter side. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026

That’s also drumming up the perception that the Fed is leaning toward lowering rates, which the three Fed presidents who dissented are firmly against. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 1 May 2026

The 24 staff members in Ruiz Verduzco’s office are tasked with assisting victims and their families, establishing programs in communities destroyed by violence and drumming up financial support. — Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026

While the younger Lloyd went on to unlike the post, Hughes still saw it and reposted it to his own socials, drumming up even more discussion about whether the Wildcats head coach already knows his future, regardless of how the season ends. — Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Union officials also held a rally outside district offices Tuesday afternoon, drumming up support for their cause ahead of the school board’s meeting. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026