Synonyms of trump up

trump up

verb

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

parents who were always trumping up little projects for their children to do around the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trump up

He was forced to flee the country in the months following the election, due to trumped up conspiracy and terrorism charges presented by the government that would have led to decades in prison. — Flora Charner, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026

The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power. — Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025

She was elected to the country's National Assembly in 2010, only to be expelled four years later on allegations her supporters said were trumped up. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025

Although the woman-alien’s powers were trumped up to comedic effect, Estelle could not help but see that beneath its B-movie veneer, Devil Girl from Mars tapped into a looming anxiety that was palpable all around. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025