PUMPS UP Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

pumps up

verb

present tense third-person singular of pump up

as in thrills

to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance

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as in increases

to make greater in size, amount, or number that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour

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Recent Examples of pumps up The Wild and Stars were the next-best teams in the West, and Minnesota took out Dallas in the first round — because the NHL (still) has a (ridiculous) playoff system that pumps up division winners instead of the actual best teams. —

John Shipley, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026 Trashie has fully acquired Savvy Search AI, a discovery and recommendation search engine, as the recycling and rewards startup pumps up personalization across its platform. —

Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 17 Mar. 2026 The arena announcer further pumps up the audience. —

Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026 This version of tomato salad pumps up flavorful heirloom tomatoes with strips of sweet roasted bell pepper and crunchy roasted black-eyed peas, which are the perfect little Southern croutons. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025 Philips wireless earbuds are ultra-compact earbuds with a dynamic bass option that pumps up the sound even when listening at a lower volume. —

Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025 The divine-smelling duo pumps up thin strands like any volumizing formula, but then uses botanical extracts (pea sprout) and Capixyl (made from a biomimetic peptide and red clover extract) to improve scalp health. —

Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

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Her strict economy, honed by her early years of writing and endlessly revising (under the exacting eye of Allene Talmey) tight captions for Vogue, thrills the editor in me.

— Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The idea unnerves critics but thrills its architects.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026